Special random numbers: Beyond the illusion of control

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-174

  Goodman, Joseph K ^a   Irwin, Julie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fortune telling; Gambling; Illusion of control; Paranormal; Randomness; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344456091     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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