Social identity shapes social perception and evaluation: Using neuroimaging to look inside the social brain

Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 110-129

  Van Bavel, Jay J ^a   Xiao, Y Jenny ^a   Hackel, Leor M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920449487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203124635     Document Type: Chapter

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