Rethinking the role of automaticity in cognitive control

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Blais, Chris ^a   Harris, Michael B ^a   Guerrero, Jennifer V ^b   Bunge, Silvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pierce College   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cognitive control; Proportion effects; Strategy; Stroop

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861160473     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003775234     Document Type: Article

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