Recursive Retrospective Revaluation of Causal Judgments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1171-1186

  Macho, Siegfried ^a   Burkart, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 85047671399     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.6.1171     Document Type: Article

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