Comparisons, mental models, and the action effect in judgments of regret

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1422-1430

  Feeney, Aidan ^a   Handley, Simon J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; THINKING;

EID: 33846223305     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195907     Document Type: Article

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