Flexible Visual Statistical Learning: Transfer Across Space and Time

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Turk Browne, Nicholas B ^a   Scholl, Brian J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

generalization; spatial layout; statistical learning; temporal order; transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; STATISTICS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

HUMANS; LEARNING; SOFTWARE; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60349083692     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.195     Document Type: Article

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