Operating characteristics of the implicit learning system supporting serial interception sequence learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 439-452

  Sanchez, Daniel J ^a   Reber, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit memory; Perceptual motor learning; Sequence learning; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865322096     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026347     Document Type: Article

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