Identifying stimuli of different perceptual categories in mixed blocks of trials: Evidence for cost in switching between computational processes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-23

  Los, Sander A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033071885     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.1.3     Document Type: Article

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