Acquisition and Transfer of Skilled Performance: Are Visual Discrimination Skills Stimulus Specific?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1218-1248

  Doane, Stephanie M ^a   Sohn, Young Woo ^a   Alderton, David L ^b   Pellegrino, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542715944     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1218     Document Type: Article

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