Interference between outcomes, spontaneous recovery, and context effects as measured by a cued response reaction time task: Evidence for associative retrieval models

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-432

  González Martín, Estrella ^a   Cobos, Pedro L ^a   Morís, Joaquín ^a   López, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Automatic retrieval; Context effects; Interference; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874580160     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029517     Document Type: Article

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