Category-based predictions: Influence of uncertainty and feature associations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 736-753

  Ross, Brian H ^a   Murphy, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030138385     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.3.736     Document Type: Article

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