Beyond the "hot-and-cold" game: A demonstration of computer-controlled shaping

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Silva, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; IMAGE PROCESSING; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0033074187     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03207694     Document Type: Article

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