Belief-based and covariation-based cues affect causal discounting

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-76

  Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^a   Thompson, Valerie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0035291438     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087354     Document Type: Article

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