Confidence judgments as expressions of experienced decision conflict

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-100

  Weber, Elke U ^a   Böckenholt, Ulf ^b   Hilton, Denis J ^c   Wallace, Brian ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26644452622     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357530999100073     Document Type: Article

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