Associative History Affects the Associative Change Undergone by Both Presented and Absent Cues in Human Causal Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Le Pelley, M E ^a   McLaren, I P L ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LEARNING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; HUMANS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBABILITY LEARNING;

EID: 1642455807     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.1.67     Document Type: Article

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