A triple dissociation between learning of target, distractors, and spatial contexts

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Le Dantec, Christophe C ^a   Melton, Elizabeth E ^a   Seitz, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual learning; Perceptual learning; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862095260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.2.5     Document Type: Article

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