Attitude, Inference, Association: On the Propositional Structure of Implicit Bias

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Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 629-658

  Mandelbaum, Eric ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84922575701     PISSN: 00294624     EISSN: 14680068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nous.12089     Document Type: Article

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