Diversity during training enhances detection of novel stimuli

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-350

  Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a   Madhavan, Poornima ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Robust decision making; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCREENING; STIMULUS; TRAINING; ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79959333256     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.507187     Document Type: Article

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