Separate modifiability, mental modules, and the use of pure and composite measures to reveal them

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 147-246

  Sternberg, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Methodology; Models; Neurosciences; Perceptual motor processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0346347483     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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