From a fixation on sports to an exploration of mechanism: The past, present, and future of hot hand research

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-444

  Alter, Adam L ^a   Oppenheimer, Daniel M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749496897     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780600717244     Document Type: Review

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