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In recent years psychologists have studied the effects of subliminal stimuli on cognitive processes. In this paper I shall briefly outline three paradigms that have been used to study the influence of subliminal stimuli in laboratory settings and I shall present data on the effects of such stimuli on psychophysiological indices. I shall then discuss the use of these paradigms in experiments employing lateralized stimulus presentations. The paper will conclude with the presentation of data obtained by my colleagues and me in a recently completed set of experiments.
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Brody, N. (1987). Laterality and Unconscious Processes. In: Ottoson, D. (eds) Duality and Unity of the Brain. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series, vol 47. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1949-8_16
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