A test of the effect of reverse speech on priming

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-232

  Kreiner, David S ^a   Altis, Nicole A ^a   Voss, Carla W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Repetition priming; Reverse speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141531043     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980309600610     Document Type: Article

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