Category effects on stimulus estimation: Shifting and skewed frequency distributions

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-230

  Duffy, Sean ^a   Huttenlocher, Janellen ^b   Hedges, Larry V ^c   Crawford, L Elizabeth ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954679010     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.2.224     Document Type: Article

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