The automatic evaluation effect: Unconditional automatic attitude activation with a pronunciation task

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-128

  Bargh, John A ^a   Chaiken, Shelly ^b   Raymond, Paula ^b   Hymes, Charles ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0029666185     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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