Effects of subliminal priming on nonconscious goal pursuit and effort-related cardiovascular response

Social Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-444

  Capa, Rémi L ^a   Cleeremans, Axel ^b   Bustin, Gaëlle M ^a   Bouquet, Cédric A ^c   Hansenne, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique   (Brazil)

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EID: 80051705181     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2011.29.4.430     Document Type: Article

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