Proportion congruency and practice: A contingency learning account of asymmetric list shifting effects.

Performance is impaired when a distracting stimulus is incongruent with the target stimulus (e.g., "green" printed in red). This congruency effect is decreased when the proportion of incongruent trials is increased, termed the proportion congruent effect. This effect is typically interpreted in term...

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Publicado en:Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory & Cognition Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 1496 - 1506
Autor principal: Schmidt, James R.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Psychological Association Sep2016
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