Flattening generalization gradients, context, and perceptual learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-289

  Nelson, James Byron ^a   Sanjuan, Maria Del Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; ASSOCIATION; MEMORY; PERCEPTION;

CUES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149154210     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.36.4.279     Document Type: Article

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