The Case of Watson vs. James: Effect-Priming Studies Do Not Support Ideomotor Theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cox, Ralf F A ^a   Hasselman, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDEOMOTOR THEORY; MEMORY; PRIMING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872775657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054094     Document Type: Article

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