Diagnostic Hypothesis Generation and Human Judgment

Psychological Review

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-185

  Thomas, Rick P ^a   Dougherty, Michael R ^b   Sprenger, Amber M ^b   Harbison, J Isaiah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; hypothesis generation; probability judgment; subadditivity; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 39049089080     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.1.155     Document Type: Article

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