On the stability of evaluative conditioning effects : The role of identity memory, valence memory, and evaluative consolidation

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 380-389

  Förderer, Sabine ^a   Unkelbach, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awareness; Evaluative conditioning; Longitudinal effects; Preference formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892956388     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000150     Document Type: Article

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