Inverse target- and cue-priming effects of masked stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-102

  Mattler, Uwe ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cuing; Priming; Task switching; Unconscious visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33847199393     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.1.83     Document Type: Article

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