Commentary: The role of random error in confidence judgment: Reply to Merkle, Sieck, and Van Zandt (2008)

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-452

  Olsson, Henrik ^a   Juslin, Peter ^b   Winman, Anders ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 55549143000     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.604     Document Type: Note

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