Winning on the horses: How much strategy and knowledge are needed?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Ladouceur, Robert ^a   Giroux, Isabelle ^a   Jacques, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0347571214     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989809599154     Document Type: Article

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