The Influence of Blocking on Overt Attention and Associability in Human Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-120

  Beesley, T ^a   Le Pelley, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associability; Attention; Cue competition; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79951572144     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019526     Document Type: Article

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