Biased memory for prior decision making: Evidence from a longitudinal field study

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-48

  Pieters, Rik ^a   Baumgartner, Hans ^b   Bagozzi, Richard ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Consistency bias; Hindsight bias; Memory for intentions; Memory reconstruction; Retrieval cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044435441     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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