Attitudes to the right: Evaluative processing is associated with lateralized late positive event-related brain potentials

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1205-1219

  Cacioppo, John T ^a   Crites Jr , Stephen L ^b   Gardner, Wendi L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030300580     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672962212002     Document Type: Article

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