The serial position, distance, and congruity effects of reference point setting in comparative judgments

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Jou, Jerwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77954468926     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.2.0127     Document Type: Article

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