Reconsidering "evidence" for fast-and-frugal heuristics

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 923-930

  Hilbig, Benjamin E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78651233264     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.923     Document Type: Article

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