Symmetrical generalization decrements: Configural stimulus processing in human contingency learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Thorwart, Anna ^a   Lachnit, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING TEST; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROCESS MODEL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349155185     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.37.1.107     Document Type: Article

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