Evaluative Conditioning May Incur Attentional Costs

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Pleyers, Gordy ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

advertising; affective learning; attitudes; evaluative conditioning; memory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 65649123856     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013429     Document Type: Article

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