Outcome value influences attentional biases in human associative learning: Dissociable effects of training and instruction

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-55

  Le Pelley, Mike E ^a   Mitchell, Chris J ^b   Johnson, Ameika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Attention; Human contingency learning; Incentive value

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879309485     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031230     Document Type: Article

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