Selective Attention: A Reevaluation of the Implications of Negative Priming

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-229

  Milliken, Bruce ^b   Merikle, Philip M ^c   Joordens, Steve ^a   Seiffert, Adriane E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d University of Waterloo ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; READING; VOLITION;

EID: 0032039907     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.2.203     Document Type: Review

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