Sequential priming is not constrained by the shape of long-term learning curves

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 632-648

  Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Goolsby, Brian A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038794656     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194588     Document Type: Article

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