The undershoot bias: Learning to Act Optimally under Uncertainty

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-261

  Engelbrecht, Sascha E ^a   Berthier, Neil E ^a   O'Sullivan, Laura P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0042278591     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.03431     Document Type: Article

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