Dissociation between judgments and outcome-expectancy measures in covariation learning: A signal detection theory approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1105-1120

  Perales, José C ^a   Catena, Andrés ^a   Gonzalez, José A ^b   Shanks, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causation; Contingency; Human learning; Judgment; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 27944440616     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1105     Document Type: Review

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