Research on hindsight bias: A rich past, a productive present, and a challenging future

Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Hoffrage, Ulrich ^a   Pohl, Rüdiger F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0043068255     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210344000080     Document Type: Article

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