Fast and frugal heuristics in sports

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-629

  Bennis, Will M ^a,b   Pachur, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological rationality; Judgment and decision making; Recognition heuristic; Sport psychology and leisure; Take The Best; Take The First

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748928160     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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