The derived generalization of thought suppression

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Hooper, Nic ^a   Saunders, Jo ^a   McHugh, Louise ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THINKING;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; THINKING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77953113244     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.38.2.160     Document Type: Article

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