Human risky choice across four probability distributions

Psychological Record

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-457

  Pietras, Cynthia J ^a,b   Hackenberg, Timothy D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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