Observed attention allocation processes in category learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1067-1097

  Matsuka, Toshihiko ^a   Corter, James E ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45849147668     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701438194     Document Type: Article

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