Reorienting when cues conflict: Evidence for an adaptive-combination view

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1301-1307

  Ratliff, Kristin R ^a,b   Newcombe, Nora S ^c  

^a Green Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHICAGO; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649192833     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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