Reinforcement Without Awareness: I. Voice Level

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-316

  Lieberman, David A ^a   Sunnucks, Wendy L ^a   Kirk, Jamie D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032199254     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713932685     Document Type: Article

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