Searching for patterns in random sequences

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-228

  Wolford, George ^a   Newman, Sarah E ^a   Miller, Michael B ^a,b   Wig, Gagan S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11144305877     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087446     Document Type: Article

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