The automaticity of affect for political leaders, groups, and issues: An experimental test of the hot cognition hypothesis

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-482

  Lodge, Milton ^a   Taber, Charles S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Automaticity; Hot cognition; Implicit attitudes; Motivated reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744458021     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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