Cognitive processes in associative and categorical priming: A diffusion model analysis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 536-559

  Voss, Andreas ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^b   Gast, Anne ^c   Wentura, Dirk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Fast dm; Priming; Response conflict; Spreading activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881221264     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029459     Document Type: Article

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