The effects of interference and retention delay on temporal generalization performance

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1903-1912

  Rattat, Anne Claire ^a   Droit Volet, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77958469498     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.7.1903     Document Type: Article

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