MINERVA-DM: A memory processes model for judgments of likelihood

Psychological Review

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 180-209

  Dougherty, Michael R P ^a   Gettys, Charles F ^b   Ogden, Eve E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040736130     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.106.1.180     Document Type: Article

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