Generality, repetition, and the role of descriptive learning models

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 357-371

  Erev, Ido ^a   Haruvy, Ernan ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Inertia; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844449875     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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