The Role of Working Memoryand External Representation in Individual Decision Making

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-97-03, Issue , 1997, Pages 109-115

  Toth, Jozsef A ^a   Lewis, C Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADDITIONAL CONTROL; CONDITION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; GAIN LOSS; INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; S MODELS; SMODELS; VERBAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85169611251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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