The internet as a research tool in the study of associative learning: An example from overshadowing

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-40

  Vadillo, Miguel A ^a   Bárcena, Raúl ^a   Matute, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Internet; Overshadowing; Predictive learning

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LEARNING; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 33646783671     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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