Induction of implicit evaluation biases by approach- avoidance training: A commentary on Vandenbosch and De Houwer (this issue)

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1331-1338

  Woud, Marcella L ^a   Becker, Eni S ^a   Rinck, Mike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance training; Face processing; Implicit and explicit evaluation bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT EVALUATION BIAS; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TRAINING; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84855706362     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.628300     Document Type: Article

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