Realism of confidence in sensory discrimination

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1369-1383

  Baranski, Joseph V ^a   Petrusic, William M ^b  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SENSATION;

EID: 0033211633     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206187     Document Type: Article

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