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The Mythical Number Two
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Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: the implicit association test
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Metadata
- Authors
- Melnikoff, D. E., & Bargh, J. A.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 280-293
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2794288488
- Cited by
- 377
- References
- 142
- FWCI
- 5.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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