Individuation, Counting, and Statistical Inference: The Role of Frequency and Whole-Object Representations in Judgment under Uncertainty

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-21

  Brase, Gary L ^a   Cosmides, Leda ^a   Tooby, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032390790     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.127.1.3     Document Type: Article

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