Choosing between adaptive agents: Some unexpected implications of level of scrutiny

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 636-641

  Kareev, Yaakov ^a   Avrahami, Judith ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34547271297     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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