Competing for a desired reward in the stroop task: When attentional control is unconscious but effective versus conscious but ineffective

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-167

  Huguet, Pascal ^a,b   Dumas, Florence ^a   Monteil, Jean M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; REWARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 6944230951     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087441     Document Type: Review

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