The Mapping Model: A Cognitive Theory of Quantitative Estimation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-96

  von Helversen, Bettina ^a   Rieskamp, Jörg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision making; exemplar models; multiple cue judgments; quantitative estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 39449109807     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.1.73     Document Type: Article

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