Learned predictiveness training modulates biases towards using boundary or landmark cues during navigation

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1183-1202

  Buckley, Matthew G ^a   Smith, Alastair D ^a   Haselgrove, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Geometric module; Learning; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929706100     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.977925     Document Type: Article

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