Cue-interaction effects in contingency judgments using the streamed-trial procedure

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-112

  Hannah, Samuel D ^a   Crump, Matthew J C ^a   Allan, Lorraine G ^a   Siegel, Shepard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingency judgment; Cue interaction; Decision making; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATCH TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CAUSALITY; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; ORIENTATION; PATCH TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING;

EID: 67749108447     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013521     Document Type: Article

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