Priming of mental operations by masked stimuli

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-187

  Mattler, Uwe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0038321757     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194793     Document Type: Article

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