What to do on Spring Break? The Role of Predicted, on-Line, and Remembered Experience in Future Choice

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 520-524

  Wirtz, Derrick ^a   Kruger, Justin ^a   Scollon, Christie Napa ^a   Diener, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTIVATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0142023190     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.03455     Document Type: Article

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