Rational choices in Wason's selection task

Psychological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 284-293

  Gebauer, Guido ^a   Laming, Donald ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040110066     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00419414     Document Type: Article

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