Computer simulations of the Rescorla-Wagner and Pearce-Hall models in conditioning and contingency judgment

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Mercier, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0346828525     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03203636     Document Type: Article

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