The effects of prior experience on estimating the duration of simple tasks

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-100

  Thomas, Kevin E ^a   Handley, Simon J ^a   Newstead, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention to temporal and non temporal estimation; Planning fallacy; Prior task experience; Prospective and anticipated time estimates; Temporal misestimation; Time prediction bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842683054     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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