Position-item associations play a role in the acquisition of order knowledge in an implicit serial reaction time task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-456

  Schuck, Nicolas W ^a   Gaschler, Robert ^a   Keisler, Aysha ^b   Frensch, Peter A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaining; Implicit sequence learning; Serial order; SRT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84863566614     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025816     Document Type: Article

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