Refuting data aggregation arguments and how the instance-based learning model stands criticism: A reply to Hills and Hertwig (2012)

Psychological Review

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 893-898

  Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a   Dutt, Varun ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI   (India)

Author keywords

Decisions from experience; Exploitation; Exploration; IBLT; Instance based learning; Quantitative model comparison; Repeated choice; Risky choice; Sampling; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874531394     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029445     Document Type: Letter

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