A process-dissociation examination of the cognitive processes underlying unconscious thought

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-237

  Damian, Rodica Ioana ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Intuitive processing; Process dissociation; Rule based processing; Unconscious thought

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870985524     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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