Influence of Visual Stimulus Mode on Transfer of Acquired Spatial Associations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 434-445

  Proctor, Robert W ^a   Yamaguchi, Motonori ^a   Zhang, Yanmin ^a   Vu, Kim Phuong L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mode specific transfer; Simon effect; spatial stimulus modes; stimulus response compatibility; transfer of location associations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 65349123665     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014529     Document Type: Article

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