Toward a theory of variability discrimination: Finding differences

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 145-155

  Young, M E ^a   Ellefson, M R ^a   Wasserman, E A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Modeling; Same different; Variability discrimination

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; MODELING;

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; ENTROPY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037471522     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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