How Incidental Sequence Learning Creates Reportable Knowledge: The Role of Unexpected Events

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1011-1026

  Rünger, Dennis ^a   Frensch, Peter A ^b  

^a Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

explicit knowledge; reportable knowledge; sequence learning; serial reaction time task; unexpected events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049114299     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012942     Document Type: Article

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