Auditory Warnings, Signal-Referent Relations, and Natural Indicators: Re-Thinking Theory and Application

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-178

  Petocz, Agnes ^a   Keller, Peter E ^b   Stevens, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

auditory icons; learning; meaning; natural indication; signal referent relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 47049083463     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.2.165     Document Type: Article

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