Consciousness and cognitive control

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Kunde, Wilfried ^a   Reuss, Heiko ^a   Kiesel, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Consciousness; Priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855911581     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5709/acp-0097-x     Document Type: Review

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