Learned predictiveness influences automatic evaluations in human contingency learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-228

  Le Pelley, M E ^a,b   Calvini, G ^c   Spears, R ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Attention; Bias; Evaluative conditioning; Human contingency learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREJUDICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL BIAS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREJUDICE; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84873192135     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.708760     Document Type: Article

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