On the role of causal intervention in multiple-cue judgment: Positive and negative effects on learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-179

  Enkvist, Tommy ^a   Newell, Ben ^b   Juslin, Peter ^a   Olsson, Henrik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Learning; Multiple cue judgment; Observation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 33244477165     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.1.163     Document Type: Article

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