The dynamics of scaling: A memory-based anchor model of category rating and absolute identification

Psychological Review

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-416

  Petrov, Alexander A ^a   Anderson, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16244376232     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.112.2.383     Document Type: Article

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