On the controllability of evaluative-priming effects: Some limits that are none

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-657

  Teige Mocigemba, Sarah ^a   Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Evaluative priming; Faking; Implicit measures; Strategic effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; EVALUATION; EVALUATIVE PRIMING EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPETITION PRIMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878103606     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.732041     Document Type: Article

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