Category-Based Errors and the Accessibility of Unbiased Spatial Memories: A Retrieval Model

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1331-1337

  Sampaio, Cristina ^a   Wang, Ranxiao Frances ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

category bias; category adjustment model; spatial cognition; spatial memory; spatial memory bias

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949221570     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016377     Document Type: Article

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