How can you be surprised? The case for volatile expectations

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 171-183

  Casati, Roberto ^a,b   Pasquinelli, Elena ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action; Belief; Coherence; Expectation; Surprise; Volatile representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847659253     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-006-9028-9     Document Type: Review

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