Hindsight bias in political elections

Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 491-504

  Blank, Hartmut ^a   Fischer, Volkhard ^b   Erdfelder, Edgar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041488737     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000513     Document Type: Article

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