Effects of Interleaved and Blocked Study on Delayed Test of Category Learning Generalization

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Carvalho, Paulo F ^a   Goldstone, Robert L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking; Category learning; Comparison; Interleaving; Spacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906350090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00936     Document Type: Article

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