Perceptual learning

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-121

  Hall, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired distinctiveness; Acquired equivalence; Associability; Association; Attention; Categorization; Comparison; Discrimination; Generalization; Habituation; Latent inhibition; Learning; Salience; Sensory threshold; Unitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649400864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370509-9.00074-7     Document Type: Chapter

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