The implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP) as a response-time and event-related-potentials methodology for testing natural verbal relations: A preliminary study

Psychological Record

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-515

  Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a   Hayden, Eilish ^a   Barnes Holmes, Yvonne ^a   Stewart, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 57449118374     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03395634     Document Type: Article

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