Changes in Cue Associability Across Training in Human Causal Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-436

  Mitchell, Chris J ^a   Harris, Justin A ^b   Westbrook, R Frederick ^a   Griffiths, Oren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

associability; attention; human learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; TEACHING;

CUES; HUMANS; LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 58949085453     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.34.4.423     Document Type: Article

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