Inferences from memory: Strategy- and exemplar-based judgment models compared

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-37

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Rieskamp, Jörg ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Heuristics; Inference; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 57649149268     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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