Blocking of human causal learning involves learned changes in stimulus processing

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1468-1476

  Le Pelley, M E ^a,b   Beesley, T ^a   Suret, M B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 35148821808     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701515645     Document Type: Article

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