Context switch effects on acquisition and extinction in human predictive learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-474

  Rosas, Juan M ^a   Callejas Aguilera, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention; Context switch effects; Extinction; Human predictive learning; Renewal; Retrieval theory of forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 33745076194     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.461     Document Type: Article

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