Probability matching does not decrease under cognitive load: A preregistered failure to replicate

• Published in: Memory & cognition Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 511 - 518
• Main Authors: Schulze, Christin, James, Greta, Koehler, Derek J., Newell, Ben R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adolescent; Adult; Bayesian analysis; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Choice Behavior - physiology; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Cognitive load; Cognitive Psychology; College students; Decision making; Earnings; Executive Function - physiology; Experimental psychology; Experiments; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Memory; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Mental task performance; Probability; Psychology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Quantitative psychology; Science; Short term memory; Statistical analysis; Telescopes; Young Adult; Probability matching; back task; Working memory load; Probability maximizing; n-back task

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