Dynamic adaptation to history of trial difficulty explains the effect of congruency proportion on masked priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-636

  Kinoshita, Sachiko ^a   Mozer, Michael C ^b   Forster, Kenneth I ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency learning; Masked priming; Memory recruitment account; Prime validity; Proportion effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82855175435     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024230     Document Type: Article

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