The influence of prior knowledge on constructive biases

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 219-231

  Walther, E ^a   Fiedler, K ^a   Nickel, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical judgments; Constructive biases; Expert knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346937411     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.62.4.219     Document Type: Article

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