A rule-based presentation order facilitates category learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1050-1057

  Mathy, Fabien ^a   Feldman, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 74849106442     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.6.1050     Document Type: Article

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