Smarter than we think: When our brains detect that we are biased

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-489

  De Neys, Wim ^a   Vartanian, Oshin ^b   Goel, Vinod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DECISION MAKING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STEREOTYPING; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43149090548     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02113.x     Document Type: Article

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