Human overshadowing in a virtual pool: Simple guidance is a good competitor against locale learning

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-281

  Chamizo, V D ^a   Aznar Casanova, J A ^a   Artigas, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0042158274     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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