Exemplar similarity and the development of automaticity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 324-354

  Palmeri, Thomas J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031085076     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.324     Document Type: Article

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