Is the "hot-hands" phenomenon a misperception of random events?

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-133

  Miyoshi, Hiroto ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot hands phenomenon; Random event; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379530     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00138     Document Type: Article

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