Perception and misperception of bias in human judgment

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Pronin, Emily ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

HUMAN JUDGMENT; INTERGROUP CONFLICT;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

AWARENESS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INTROSPECTION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33845652931     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.11.001     Document Type: Review

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