Regular ArticleOn the Activation of Social Stereotypes: The Moderating Role of Processing Objectives☆,☆☆
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The authors thank Marzu Banaji and three annonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on this work.
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Neil Macrae, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9JU, UK. E-mail: [email protected].