Dimension-Specific Intertrial Priming Effects Are Task-Specific: Evidence for Multiple Weighting Systems

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-114

  Rangelov, Dragan ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^b   Zehetleitner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimension weighting; Feature discrimination; Intertrial priming; Task switching; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951539103     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020364     Document Type: Article

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