Combining experiences over time: The effects of duration, intensity changes and on-line measurements on retrospective pain evaluations

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-45

  Ariely, Dan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining experiences; Pain evaluation; Retrospective evaluations; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944457167     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(199803)11:1<19::AID-BDM277>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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