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Michael Brusovansky1, Nira Liberman1, Marius Usher1

  • 1School of Psychological Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)
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Keywords:
Decision makingadaptivityaveragingflexibilityintuitive preferencessummation

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