How prior knowledge affects selective attention during category learning: An eyetracking study

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-665

  Kim, Shinwoo ^a   Rehder, Bob ^b  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category learning; Eyetracking; Selective attention; Thematic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 80053295241     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-010-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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