Does mood influence the realism of confidence judgments?

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-260

  Allwood, Carl Martin ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^b   Jonsson, Anna Carin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confidence judgments; Elated mood; Episodic knowledge; Mood; Realism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036631976     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00293     Document Type: Article

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