Tests of the power PC theory of causal induction with negative contingencies

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Shanks, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Causal learning; Confidence; Contingency; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0036364022     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1618-3169.49.2.81     Document Type: Review

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