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Category Activation

Category Activation is a cognitive process within the domain of implicit stereotypes whereby the mental representation of a social category is automatically triggered by situational cues, leading to the selective accessibility of stereotype-congruent information in subsequent judgments and behaviors.

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826

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345

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2017–2026

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Publications

362

Race and gender on the brain: Electrocortical measures of attention to the race and gender of multiply categorizable individuals.

Tiffany A. Ito, Geoffrey R. Urland · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2003 · 696 citations

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A dynamic interactive theory of person construal.

Jonathan B. Freeman, Nalini Ambady · Psychological Review · 2011 · 603 citations

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Category accessibility and social perception: Some implications for the study of person memory and interpersonal judgments.

Thomas K. Srull, Robert S. Wyer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1980 · 600 citations

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The Extrinsic Affective Simon Task

Jan De Houwer · Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) · 2003 · 561 citations

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The influence of mood on categorization: A cognitive flexibility interpretation.

Noel Murray, Harish Sujan, Edward R. Hirt et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 357 citations

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Authors

826

  1. CN
    C. Neil Macrae

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

    14

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  2. JB
    Jonathan B. Freeman

    New York University, United States

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

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  3. DW
    Dirk Wentura

    Saarland University, Germany

    8 publications · 525 citations

    8

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  4. NA
    Nalini Ambady

    Tufts University, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  5. ER
    Eliot R. Smith

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    6 publications · 627 citations

    6

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Institutions

345

  1. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    797 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. New York University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    852 citations

  5. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    904 citations

  7. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    735 citations

  8. Saarland University

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    505 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

    17

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    19 publications · 2.9K citations

    17

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  3. Social Cognition

    15 publications · 735 citations

    14

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  5. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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