The feature positive effect in the face of variability: Novelty as a feature

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-77

  Beckmann, Joshua S ^a   Young, Michael E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence; Associative learning; Contextual elements; Feature positive effect; Novelty; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846402382     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.1.72     Document Type: Article

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