Two in one conditioning? The role of valence in concept learning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 174-183

  Glaser, Tina ^a   Walther, Eva ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associations; Attitudes; Concept learning; Evaluative conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876494322     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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