Holography Does Not Account for Goodness: A Critique of van der Helm and Leeuwenberg (1996)

Psychological Review

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 242-260

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a,c   Chater, Nick ^b   Watson, Derrick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTUITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0742288841     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.111.1.242     Document Type: Review

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