A meta-analysis on unconscious thought effects

Social Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 738-762

  Strick, Madelijn ^a   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a   Bos, Maarten W ^a   Nordgren, Loran F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82955222210     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2011.29.6.738     Document Type: Article

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