Modulation of attention in discrimination learning: The roles of stimulus relevance and stimulus-outcome correlation

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Uengoer, Metin ^a   Lachnit, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Attention; Discrimination; Extradimensional; Human learning; Intradimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84863632227     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-011-0049-z     Document Type: Article

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