The effectiveness of inhibitors in human predictive judgments depends on the strength of the positive predictor

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 348-359

  Karazinov, Danielle M ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING;

EID: 10944237229     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196033     Document Type: Article

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