Backward blocking: The role of within-compound associations and interference between cues trained apart

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Vadillo, Miguel A ^a   Castro, Leyre ^b   Matute, Helena ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 37849016637     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701557464     Document Type: Article

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