Seven (indeed, plus or minus two) and the detection of correlations

Psychological Review

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 397-402

  Kareev, Yaakov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0034168019     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.107.2.397     Document Type: Article

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