Reinforcement, Arousal and Temporal Factors in Procedural Learning: A Test of Eysenck's and Gray's Personality Theories

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 167-177

  Beattie, Elaine K ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Personality; Procedural learning; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957771459     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000008     Document Type: Article

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