Note on the rationality of rule-based versus exemplar-based processing in human judgment

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Juslin, Peter ^b   Olsson, Henrik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exemplars; Probability judgments; Rationality; Rules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 1142300606     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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