Out, Damned Spot: Can the "Macbeth Effect" Be Replicated?

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-98

  Earp, Brian D ^a   Everett, Jim A C ^b   Madva, Elizabeth N ^c   Hamlin, J Kiley ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84893658667     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2013.856792     Document Type: Article

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