Joint perceptual decision-making: A case study in explanatory pluralism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Abney, Drew H ^a   Dale, Rick ^a   Yoshimi, Jeff ^a   Kello, Chris T ^a   Tylén, Kristian ^b   Fusaroli, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alignment; Complexity matching; Explanatory pluralism; Joint decision making; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899672984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00330     Document Type: Article

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