Mere exposure: A gateway to the subliminal

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 224-228

  Zajonc, R B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Classical conditioning; Mere exposure; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540661     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00154     Document Type: Article

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