Positive and negative recency effects in retirement savings decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-250

  Rieskamp, Jörg ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 n strategy; Local adaptation learning; Prediction; Recency effects; Reinforcement learning; Resource allocation; Retirement savings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PENSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INCOME; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PENSIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33845680712     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.12.4.233     Document Type: Article

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