Transfer of absolute and relative predictiveness in human contingency learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-43

  Kattner, Florian ^a,b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Associability; Associative learning; Contingency judgment; Human contingency learning; Predictiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925484867     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-014-0159-5     Document Type: Article

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