The role of decision biases in semantic priming effects

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-258

  Duscherer, Katia ^a   Holender, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binary responses; Decision biases; Post lexical processes; Priming paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244495541     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.4.249     Document Type: Article

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