When prior knowledge overrules new evidence: Adaptive use of decision strategies and the role of behavioral routines

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-160

  Betsch, Tilmann ^a   Brinkmann, Babette Julia ^b   Fiedler, Klaus ^b   Breining, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision strategies; Routines; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033275067     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.58.3.151     Document Type: Article

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