Diversion of attention in everyday concept learning: Identification in the service of use

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Brooks, Lee R ^a   Squire Graydon, Rosemary ^a   Wood, Timothy J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FAMILY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247612823     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195937     Document Type: Article

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