Statistical Learning Induces Discrete Shifts in the Allocation of Working Memory Resources

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1419-1429

  Umemoto, Akina ^a   Scolari, Miranda ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^a   Awh, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Statistical learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78650123429     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019324     Document Type: Article

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