An instance theory of associative learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-82

  Jamieson, Randall K ^a   Crump, Matthew J C ^b   Hannah, Samuel D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Exemplar theory; Instance theory; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857227879     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-011-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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