Adaptive Decision Processes in Perceptual Comparisons: Effects of Changes in the Global Difficulty Context

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 658-674

  Baranski, Joseph V ^a   Petrusic, William M ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141865580     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.3.658     Document Type: Review

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