Illusion of confirmation from exposure to another's hypothesis

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-78

  Koehler, Derek J ^a   Beauregard, T Alexandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advisees; Advisors; Confidence judgments; Opinion change

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144454349     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.513     Document Type: Article

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