The striking similarities between standard, distractor-free, and target-free recognition

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 925-940

  Cox, Justin C ^a   Dobbins, Ian G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion; Distractor free recognition; Recognition memory; Signal detection; Target free recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055047358     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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