Spatial separation of target and competitor cues enhances blocking of human causality judgements

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-135

  Glautier, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0036527899     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990143000207     Document Type: Article

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