Changing CS features alters evaluative responses in evaluative conditioning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-134

  Unkelbach, Christian ^a   Stahl, Christoph ^a   Förderer, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CS features; Evaluative conditioning; Identity awareness; Stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864525445     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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