The effect of statistical learning on internal stimulus representations: Predictable items are enhanced even when not predicted

Cognition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-211

  Barakat, Brandon K ^a   Seitz, Aaron R ^b   Shams, Ladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Perceptual learning; Statistical learning; Stimulus saliency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL LEARNING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; STATISTICAL LEARNING; STIMULUS SALIENCY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881643696     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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