Temporal contexts: Filling the gap between episodic memory and associative learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 660-673

  Matute, Helena ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^b   Vadillo, Miguel A ^a   Humphreys, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Episodic memory; Paired associate; Predictive learning; Temporal contexts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82855178987     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023862     Document Type: Article

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