The affective priming effect: Automatic activation of evaluative information in memory

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 515-533

  Hermans, Dirk ^a   Houwer, Jan De ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84937313160     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699939408408957     Document Type: Article

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