Negative priming as a memory phenomenon: A review of 20 years of negative priming research

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-51

  Mayr, Susanne ^a   Buchner, Axel ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distractor inhibition model; Episodic retrieval model; Negative priming; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548270483     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409.215.1.35     Document Type: Review

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