Incidental sequence learning across the lifespan

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 380-391

  Weiermann, Brigitte ^a   Meier, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Development; Implicit learning; Task sequence learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENTAL SEQUENCE LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859717068     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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