Decision boundaries in one-Dimensional categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1362-1377

  Kalish, Michael L ^a,b   Kruschke, John K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031265345     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.6.1362     Document Type: Article

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