Effects of exposure on discrimination of similar stimuli and on memory for their unique and common features

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1138

  de Zilva, Daniel ^a   Mitchell, Chris J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Habituation; Memory; Perceptual learning; Salience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84863427966     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.644304     Document Type: Article

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