Evidence accumulation in decision making: Unifying the "take the best" and the "rational" models

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-352

  Lee, Michael D ^a   Cummins, Tarrant D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4644354372     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196581     Document Type: Article

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