Manipulating subcategory salience: Exploring the link between skin tone and social perception of Blacks

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-546

  Maddox, Keith B ^a   Chase, Stephanie Gray ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 9344246860     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.214     Document Type: Article

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