When Does Explicit Justification Impair Decision Making?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-541

  McMackin, John ^b   Slovic, Paul ^a  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Dun Laoghaire Co   (Ireland)

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EID: 0005365886     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200011/12)14:6<527::AID-ACP671>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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