Are "implicit" attitudes unconscious?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-499

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   Hofmann, Wilhelm ^b   Wilbur, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Automaticity; Implicit social cognition; Indirect measures

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ATTITUDE; AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746417474     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.11.007     Document Type: Review

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