Spontaneous evaluations: Similarities and differences between the affect heuristic and implicit attitudes

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Spence, Alexa ^a   Townsend, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRIVE; EMOTION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTUITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 37549050128     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701298432     Document Type: Article

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