Deep cognitive activation: A new approach to the unconscious

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 984-995

  Wegner, Daniel M ^a   Smart, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; THINKING;

EID: 0030731101     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.6.984     Document Type: Review

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