Positive confirmation bias in the acquisition of information

Theory and Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-99

  Jones, Martin ^b   Sugden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Information acquisition; Positive confirmation bias; Selection task

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042377492     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005296023424     Document Type: Article

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