How well is causal structure inferred from cooccurrence information?

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-480

  White, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33646368735     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500264861     Document Type: Article

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