Neural correlates of the implicit association test: Evidence for semantic and emotional processing

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-476

  Williams, John K ^a   Themanson, Jason R ^b  

^a BIOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IAT; LPP; N400; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049237877     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq065     Document Type: Article

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