Causal learning in rats and humans: A minimal rational model

The Probabilistic Mind: Prospects for Bayesian cognitive science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Waldmann, Michael R ^a   Cheng, Patricia W ^b   Hagmayer, York ^a   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Causal learning; Causal powers; Human; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922761106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216093.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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