The Ubiquitous Nature of the Hebb Repetition Effect: Error Learning Mistaken for the Absence of Sequence Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 515-522

  Lafond, Daniel ^a   Tremblay, Sébastien ^b   Parmentier, Fabrice ^c,d  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

error analysis; Hebb repetition effect; response based learning; sequence learning; serial recall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77749314681     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018469     Document Type: Article

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