Associative repetition priming as a measure of human contingency learning: Evidence of forward and backward blocking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-93

  Morís, Joaquín ^a   Cobos, Pedro L ^a   Luque, David ^a   López, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Blocking; Contingency learning; Priming; Retrieval processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REPETITION PRIMING;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING;

EID: 84893411093     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030919     Document Type: Article

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