Unconscious numerical priming despite interocular suppression

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-233

  Bahrami, Bahador ^a,b   Vetter, Petra ^a,c   Spolaore, Eva ^a,d   Pagano, Silvia ^a,d   Butterworth, Brian ^a,c   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Mathematical ability; Number comprehension; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; SYMBOLISM; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION DISPARITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951284056     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609360664     Document Type: Article

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