Another source of individual differences: Strategy adaptivity to changing rates of success

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-76

  Schunn, Christian D ^a   Reder, Lynne M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVIATION; COGNITION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MINNESOTA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0035286912     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.1.59     Document Type: Article

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