Probabilistic cue combination: Less is more

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-158

  Yurovsky, Daniel ^a   Boyer, Ty W ^b   Smith, Linda B ^c   Yu, Chen ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84874206482     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12011     Document Type: Article

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