Evaluative conditioning is insensitive to blocking

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-57

  Beckers, Tom ^a   De Vicq, Pascale ^b   Baeyens, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 73949144743     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-49-1-41     Document Type: Article

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