The informational value of contexts affects context-dependent learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-297

  Lucke, Sara ^a   Lachnit, Harald ^a   Koenig, Stephan ^a   Uengoer, Metin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Extinction; Eyetracking; Human predictive learning; Overt attention; Renewal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84878849419     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-013-0104-z     Document Type: Article

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