Activation of Political Attitudes: A Psychophysiological Examination of the Hot Cognition Hypothesis

Political Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 727-745

  Morris, James P ^a   Squires, Nancy K ^a   Taber, Charles S ^a   Lodge, Milton ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Affective Priming; ERP; Hot Cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346265167     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9221.2003.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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