Purely relative models cannot provide a general account of absolute identification

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-593

  Brown, Scott D ^a   Marley, A A J ^b   Dodds, Pennie ^a   Heathcote, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67650532082     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.3.583     Document Type: Article

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