Cognitive models of choice: Comparing decision field theory to the proportional difference model

Cognitive Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 911-939

  Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a,b   Rieskamp, Jörg ^a,c   González Vallejod, Claudia ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Decision making; Human experimentation; Model comparison; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953177913     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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