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Dissociating the effects of attention and contingency awareness on evaluative conditioning effects in the visual paradigm

Andy P. Field University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Annette C. MooreUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Pages 217-243 | Published online: 24 Jun 2011

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