How implicit is visual statistical learning?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1425-1431

  Bertels, Julie ^a,b   Franco, Ana ^a,c   Destrebecqz, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Conscious awareness; Consciousness; Implicit learning; Statistical learning; Subjective measures; Visual learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872680752     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027210     Document Type: Article

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