Political Attitudes Bias the Mental Representation of a Presidential Candidate's Face

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 503-510

  Young, Alison I ^a   Ratner, Kyle G ^a   Fazio, Russell H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; construal; face perception; social cognition; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893593615     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613510717     Document Type: Article

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