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Definition of 'Association'

A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

Common names: Association; Associations

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

The tenacious nature of memory binding for arousing negative items.

29 Sep 2009 In two experiments, we investigated whether people are better or worse at updating memory for the location of emotional pictures than of neutral pictures. We measured participants' memories for the locations of both arousing negative pictures and ... Read more...


Alcohol primes, expectancies, and the working self-concept.

30 Aug 2009 Previous research has shown that alcohol consumption can lead to momentary changes in the self-concept (e.g., Steele & Josephs, 1990). In two studies (n = 150), we examined whether the implicit activation of alcohol expectancies (i.e., ... Read more...


Associations of postural knowledge and basic motor skill with dyspraxia in autism: implication for abnormalities in distributed connectivity and motor learning.

30 Aug 2009 Children with autism often have difficulty performing skilled movements. Praxis performance requires basic motor skill, knowledge of representations of the movement (mediated by parietal regions), and transcoding of these representations into ... Read more...

 

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Technical information about 'Association'

Definition: A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

Descriptor UI: D001244

Alternative terms: Association; Associations;

Related Mesh Headings: Word Association Tests;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.069; F04.754.720.346;

History Note: 66(65)

Technical Notes: a psychol or learning context; no qualif; DF: ASSOC

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