Flexible Use of Recent Information in Causal and Predictive Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 714-725

  Matute, Helena ^a   Vegas, Sonia ^a   De Marez, Pieter Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85047670535     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.4.714     Document Type: Article

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