Brain Indices of Nonconscious Associative Learning

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-544

  Wong, P S ^a   Bernat, E ^b   Bunce, S ^b   Shevrin, H ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 0031297034     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1997.0322     Document Type: Article

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