A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Effects of Simultaneous Base-Rate and Payoff Manipulations on Decision Criterion Learning in Perceptual Categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Maddox, W Todd ^a   Bohil, Corey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0141687168     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.2.307     Document Type: Article

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