An abbreviated implicit spatial context learning task that yields greater learning

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-395

  Bennett, Ilana J ^a   Barnes, Kelly Anne ^a   Howard Jr , James H ^a,b   Howard, Darlene V ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149089590     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.2.391     Document Type: Article

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