Effects of thought suppression on subliminally and supraliminally presented food-related stimuli

Behaviour Change

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-2300

  Dejonckheere, Peter J N ^a,b   Braet, Caroline ^a   Soetens, Barbara ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Dept of Developmental Personality ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SWEETNESS; TASTE; THINKING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 2542443429     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.20.4.223.29379     Document Type: Article

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