Judging relationships between events: How do we do it?

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Allan, Lorraine G ^a   Tangen, Jason M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TIME;

ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CAUSALITY; CUES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844388905     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087456     Document Type: Article

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