Deciding between accounts of the selection task: A reply to Oaksford (2002)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1079-1088

  Feeney, Aidan ^a   Handley, Simon ^b   Kentridge, Robert W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 0345060448     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980245000034     Document Type: Review

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