Choosing an inferior alternative

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 899-904

  Russo, J Edward ^a   Carlson, Kurt A ^b   Meloy, Margaret G ^c  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33750832266     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01800.x     Document Type: Article

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