The irrationality of categorical perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 19060-19070

  Fleming, Stephen M ^a,b   Maloney, Laurence T ^a   Daw, Nathaniel D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889038820     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1263-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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