Evaluative Learning With Single Versus Multiple Unconditioned Stimuli: The Role of Contingency Awareness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-291

  Stahl, Christoph ^a   Unkelbach, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

contingency awareness; evaluative conditioning; Extrinsic Affective Simon Task; multinomial model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649149099     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013255     Document Type: Article

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