Do Reaction Times in the Perruchet Effect Reflect Variations in the Strength of an Associative Link?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Mitchell, Chris J ^a   Wardle, Susan G ^b   Lovibond, Peter F ^a   Weidemann, Gabrielle ^a   Chang, Betty P I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

associative link; conditioning; dual system; human associative learning; reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649194792     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018433     Document Type: Article

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