Retrieval of incidental stimulus-response associations as a source of negative priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 482-495

  Rothermund, Klaus ^a,d   Wentura, Dirk ^b   De Houwer, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Institut für Psychologie Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungspsychologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episodic retrieval; Event files; Memory; Negative priming; Repetition effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 20444468136     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.3.482     Document Type: Article

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