Threatening the heart and mind of gender stereotypes: Can imagined contact influence the physiology of stereotype threat?

Psychophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-112

  Allen, Ben ^a   Friedman, Bruce H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Heart rate variability; Stereotype; Threat; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952650586     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12580     Document Type: Article

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