Bias at the racetrack: Effects of individual expertise and task importance on predecision reevaluation of alternatives

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 891-904

  Brownstein, Aaron L ^a   Read, Stephen J ^a   Simon, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated regret; Constraint satisfaction; Decision; Decision consequences; Dissonance; Expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HORSE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; REVIEW; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; HORSES; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042678958     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264083     Document Type: Review

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