The Reiteration Effect in Hindsight Bias

Psychological Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 194-202

  Hertwig, Ralph ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0347053088     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.104.1.194     Document Type: Article

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