Investigating the role of instructional focus in incidental pattern learning

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-113

  Nokes, Timothy ^a   Ash, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Instruction; Learning; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 73849105582     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300903352125     Document Type: Article

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