Confidence in word detection predicts word identification: Implications for an unconscious perception paradigm

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-468

  Haase, Steven J ^a   Fisk, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROC CURVE; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035465273     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423690     Document Type: Article

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