Believing is seeing: Using mindlessness (mindfully) to improve visual acuiy

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Langer, Ellen ^a   Djikic, Maja ^b   Pirson, Michael ^c   Madenci, Arin ^d   Donohue, Rebecca ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mind sets; Mindfulness; Mindlessness; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953735220     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610366543     Document Type: Article

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