Rethinking the focusing effect in decision-making

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-81

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Mazzocco, Ketti ^b   Rumiati, Rino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Decision making; Mental models; Relevance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0038318847     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(02)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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