Jul 3, 2017
charcoal on paper, 11.5x17.5cm
Aarts and Dijksterhuis (2002) found that priming participants with words associated with fast animals (cheetah, antelope) or slow animals (snail, turtle) led to faster and slower walking speeds, respectively. Priming to Promote Fluent Motor Skill Execution: Exploring Attentional Demands
Category activation effects in judgment and behaviour: The moderating role of perceived comparability. Henk Aarts and Ap Dijksterhuis, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands