Minimizing the influence of recoding in the implicit association test: The recoding-free implicit association test (IAT-RF)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-98

  Rothermund, Klaus ^a   Teige Mocigemba, Sarah ^b   Gast, Anne ^c   Wentura, Dirk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consistent mapping; Implicit association test; Recoding processes; Stimulus effects; Task switch costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 58149343825     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701822975     Document Type: Article

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