Models of ecological rationality: The recognition heuristic

Psychological Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-90

  Thorsten, Pachur ^a   Guido, Biele ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036358569     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0033-295X.109.1.75     Document Type: Article

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