Bias in proportion judgments: The cyclical power model

Psychological Review

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 500-524

  Hollands, J G ^a   Dyre, Brian P ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADULT; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034222839     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.107.3.500     Document Type: Article

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