What Is Coded Into Memory in the Absence of Outcome Feedback?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Henriksson, Maria P ^a   Elwin, Ebba ^a   Juslin, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

base rate bias; constructivist coding; generalized context model; selective feedback

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049123542     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017893     Document Type: Article

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