Evaluative conditioning can be modulated by memory of the CS-US pairings at the time of testing

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 116-126

  Gast, Anne ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   De Schryver, Maarten ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contiguity memory; Contingency awareness; Evaluative conditioning; Implicit attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864510611     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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