Implicit voodoo: Electrodermal activity reveals a susceptibility to sympathetic magic

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Hood, Bruce M ^a   Donnelly, Katherine ^a   Leonards, Ute ^a   Bloom, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit arousal; Sympathetic magic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651519762     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853710X531258     Document Type: Article

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