Knowledge about the probability of change affects change detection performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 778-791

  Beck, Melissa R ^a,d   Angelone, Bonnie L ^a,b   Levin, Daniel T ^a,c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; VISION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3242772213     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.4.778     Document Type: Article

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