Durability of classification and action learning: Differences revealed using ex-Gaussian distribution analysis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-382

  Moutsopoulou, Karolina ^a,b   Waszak, Florian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Across task priming; Durability of associative learning; Ex Gaussian distribution; Long lag associative learning; Stimulus response stimulus action associations; Stimulus task stimulus classification associations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; EX GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84877874927     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3445-0     Document Type: Article

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