Limited Attention and Cue Order Consistency Affect Predictive Learning: A Test of Similarity Measures

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 484-496

  Young, Michael E ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85047672757     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.484     Document Type: Article

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