Negative priming effects that are bigger than a breadbox: Attention to distractors does not eliminate negative priming, it enhances it

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-207

  MacDonald, Penny A ^a   Joordens, Steve ^a   Seergobin, Ken N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032904925     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211405     Document Type: Article

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