Recasting (the Near-Miss to) Weber's Law

Psychological Review

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Doble, Christopher W ^a   Falmagne, Jean Claude ^a   Berg, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOGIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

HUMANS; LOGIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037604718     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.365     Document Type: Review

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