Pictorial versus textual information and the ratio-bias effect

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 547-554

  Rudski, Jeffrey ^a   Volksdorf, Jennifer ^b  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 0036780015     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.2.547     Document Type: Article

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