Analysis of the Role of Associative Inhibition in Perceptual Learning by Means of the Same-Different Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-485

  Mitchell, Chris ^a   Kadib, Raja ^a   Nash, Scott ^a   Lavis, Yvonna ^a   Hall, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrimination; inhibition; perceptual learning; preexposure; salience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; VISION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58949100210     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.34.4.475     Document Type: Article

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