Comparing Learned Predictiveness Effects Within and Across Compound Discriminations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-465

  Livesey, Evan J ^a   Thorwart, Anna ^a   De Fina, Nicole L ^a   Harris, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biconditional discrimination; Learned predictiveness; Stimulus associability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054988935     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023391     Document Type: Article

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