The ecology of automaticity: How situational contingencies shape action semantics and social behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1311-1317

  Cesario, Joseph ^a   Plaks, Jason E ^b   Hagiwara, Nao ^c   Navarrete, Carlos David ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

automaticity; ecology; human defensive behavior; motivated preparation; prime to behavior; situated cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649896784     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610378685     Document Type: Article

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