Time-pressure effects on performance in a base-rate task

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-28

  Goodie, Adam S ^a   Crooks, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rate neglect; Choice; Decision making; Probability learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342303714     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.131.1.18-28     Document Type: Article

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