Implicit learning of conjunctive rule sets: An alternative to artificial grammars

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1393-1400

  Neil, Greg J ^a   Higham, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar; Chunks; Classification; Implicit learning; Subjective measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865358393     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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