Context-specific learning and control: The roles of awareness, task relevance, and relative salience

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-36

  Crump, Matthew J C ^a   Vaquero, Joaquín M M ^a   Milliken, Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic; Awareness; Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring; Context; Implicit learning; Performance; Proportion congruent; Selective attention; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CUES; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 40749151158     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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