Choice latency times as determinants of post-decisional confidence

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Zakay, Dan ^a   Tuvia, Rafi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Choice latency time; Overconfidence; Post decisional confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040873766     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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