Modality-constrained statistical learning of tactile, visual, and auditory sequences

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-39

  Conway, Christopher M ^a   Christiansen, Morten H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 12444343016     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.1.24     Document Type: Article

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