Steps, stages, and structure: Finding compensatory order in scientific theories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Rutjens, Bastiaan T ^a   Van Harreveld, Frenk ^b   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^b   Kreemers, Loes M ^b   Noordewier, Marret K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compensatory control; Illusory pattern perception; Order; Predictability; Stage theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881261298     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028716     Document Type: Article

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