Does self-consciousness increase or decrease priming effects? It depends

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 882-889

  Wheeler, S Christian ^a   Morrison, Kimberly Rios ^a   DeMarree, Kenneth G ^b   Petty, Richard E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Internal state awareness; Priming; Self concept; Self consciousness; Self reflectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549155451     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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