The effects of arguments on realism in confidence judgements

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-119

  Allwood, Carl Martin ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; Confidence judgements; Effects of arguments; General knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039270532     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(94)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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