Qualitative differences between conscious and nonconscious processing? On inverse priming induced by masked arrows

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 494-515

  Verleger, Rolf ^a   Jaśkowski, Piotr ^a,b,c   Aydemir, Aytaç ^a   Van Der Lubbe, Rob H J ^a,d   Groen, Margriet ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844282604     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.4.494     Document Type: Article

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