Elemental Associability Changes in Human Discrimination Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-159

  Livesey, Evan J ^a   McLaren, I P L ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrimination learning; elemental representation; learned associability; predictive history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 85047697365     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.2.148     Document Type: Article

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