The implicit nature of the anti-fat bias

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages

  Schupp, Harald T ^a   Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Anti fat bias; EPN; ERP; Implicit; Obese ism; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTI FAT BIAS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84933672782     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00023     Document Type: Article

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