Memory for frequency of bizarre and common stimuli: Limitations of the automaticity hypothesis

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-225

  Worthen, James B ^a   Baker, Jeffrey D ^a   Hutchens, Scott A ^b   Nicodemus, Paul D ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic process; Bizarreness effect; Frequency encoding; Memory for unusual events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTENTION; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036653594     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300209602096     Document Type: Article

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