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Definition of 'Association'

A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

Common names: Association; Associations

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Effects of adult aging on utilization of temporal and semantic associations during free and serial recall.

Jul 2008 Older adults show poorer performance than young adults at word list recall, especially for order information. In contrast with this temporal association deficit, older adults are generally adept at using preexisting... Read more...


Sensory and association cortex in time perception.

Jun 2008 The recent upsurge of interest in brain mechanisms of time perception is beginning to converge on some new starting points for investigating this long under studied aspect of our experience. In four experiments, we... Read more...


A limited role for mediodorsal thalamus in devaluation tasks.

Jun 2008 Six experiments were performed to determine the role of mediodorsal thalamus (MD) in the devaluation task, varying the type of contingencies (Pavlovian or operant), the number of reinforcers (one vs. two), and the order... Read more...

  

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Definition: A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

Descriptor UI: D001244

Alternative terms: Association; Associations;

Related Mesh Headings: Word Association Tests;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.069; F04.754.720.346;

History Note: 66(65)

Technical Notes: a psychol or learning context; no qualif; DF: ASSOC

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