Recognizing national hockey league greatness with an ignorance-based heuristic

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Snook, Brent ^a   Cullen, Richard M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SPORT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646181234     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2006005     Document Type: Article

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