Assumptions of subjective measures of unconscious mental states: Higher order thoughts and bias

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 25-45

  Dienes, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar learning; Confidence; Consciousness; Higher order thoughts; Implicit learning; Subjective threshold; Subliminal perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344276651     PISSN: 13558250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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