Strengthening the case for stimulus-specificity in artificial grammar learning no evidence for abstract representations with cxtrnded exposure

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-197

  Johansson, Tobias ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Box 213 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Artificial grammar learning; Implicit learning; Stimulus specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249100641     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.3.188     Document Type: Article

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