Reversal Without Remapping: What We Can (and Cannot) Conclude About Learned Associations From Training-Induced Behavior Changes

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-134

  Coutanche, Marc N ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral; cognition; learning (associative); methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857929709     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611434211     Document Type: Article

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