An inkblot for sexual preference: A semantic variant of the Affect Misattribution procedure

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 676-690

  Imhoff, Roland ^a   Schmidt, Alexander F ^a   Bernhardt, Johanna ^a   Dierksmeier, Andreas ^a   Banse, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect misattribution procedure; Indirect measure; Semantic priming; Sexual preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT MISATTRIBUTION PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMANTIC MISATTRIBUTION PROCEDURE; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL PREFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INK BLOT TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 79956104491     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.508260     Document Type: Article

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