Making trade-offs: A probabilistic and context-sensitive model of choice behavior

Psychological Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-155

  González Vallejo, Claudia ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 85047669562     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.109.1.137     Document Type: Article

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