Rapid formation and flexible expression of memories of subliminal word pairs

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Reber, Thomas P ^a   Henke, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analogical thinking; Associative learning; Episodic memory; Flexibility; Implicit; Non conscious; Non declarative; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860318250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00343     Document Type: Article

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