Response interference as a mechanism underlying implicit measures: Some traps and gaps in the assessment of mental associations with experimental paradigms

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Gawronski, Bertram ^a   Deutsch, Roland ^b   LeBel, Etienne P ^a   Peters, Kurt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative processes; Attention; Implicit measures; Reliability; Response interference; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949106660     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.4.218     Document Type: Review

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