The role of working memory capacity in multiple-cue probability learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1494-1514

  Rolison, Jonathan J ^a   Evans, Jonathan St B T ^a   Walsh, Clare R ^a   Dennis, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Automatic and controlled processes; Dual processes; Multiple cue probability learning; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79961094138     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.559586     Document Type: Article

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