Assessment of individual differences in implicit cognition: A review of IAT measures

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-217

  Schnabel, Konrad ^a   Asendorpf, Jens B ^a   Greenwald, Anthony G ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Explicit measures; Implicit association test; Implicit measures; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949116936     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.4.210     Document Type: Review

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