Can suggestion obviate reading? Supplementing primary Stroop evidence with exploratory negative priming analyses

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-320

  Raz, Amir ^a   Campbell, Natasha K J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic processing; Negative priming; Stroop effect; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STROOP TEST;

ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; STROOP TEST; SUGGESTION;

EID: 79955467166     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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