Task-related versus stimulus-specific practice: A diffusion model account

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 434-442

  Dutilh, Gilles ^a   Krypotos, Angelos Miltiadis ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Diffusion model; Practice; Response times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84255189492     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000111     Document Type: Article

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