The power of words: On item-specific stimulus-response associations formed in the absence of action

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 328-347

  Pfeuffer, Christina U ^a   Pfister, Roland ^b   Moutsopoulou, Karolina ^c   Waszak, Florian ^b   Kiesel, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Automaticity; Stimulus response associations; Verbal codes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007170363     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000317     Document Type: Article

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