On the binary quality of recognition and the inconsequentially of further knowledge: Two critical tests of the recognition heuristic

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-346

  Newell, Ben R ^a   Fernandez, Duane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Availability; Ecological rationality; Fast and frugal heuristics; Fluency; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750153158     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.531     Document Type: Article

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