Cue interaction effects in causal judgement: An interpretation in terms of the evidential evaluation model

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-140

  White, Peter A ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSALITY; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 17644424692     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990444000078     Document Type: Article

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