Whatever Happened to Information Theory in Psychology?

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Luce, R Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0141432241     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.7.2.183     Document Type: Article

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