Changing Race Boundary Perception by Reading Narrative Fiction

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-90

  Johnson, Dan R ^a   Huffman, Brandie L ^a   Jasper, Danny M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893637065     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2013.856791     Document Type: Article

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