Second-order conditioning in human predictive judgements when there is little time to think

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-460

  Karazinov, Danielle M ^a   Boakes, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947141375     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210601002488     Document Type: Article

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