The control-freak mind: Stereotypical biases are eliminated following conflict-activated cognitive control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 498-503

  Kleiman, Tali ^a   Hassin, Ran R ^b   Trope, Yaacov ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict monitoring; Control readiness; Self control

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; REACTION TIME; SEXISM; STEREOTYPING;

COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; RACISM; REACTION TIME; SEXISM; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84897476431     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033047     Document Type: Article

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