Human and animal perceptual learning: Some common and some unique features

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-160

  Mitchell, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; AWARENESS; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; LEARNING THEORY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67649408872     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.37.2.154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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