Probabilistic Judgements in Deluded and Non-Deluded Subjects

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 801-812

  Huq, S F ^a   Garety, P A ^a   Hemsley, D R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0024114063     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640748808402300     Document Type: Article

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