Ambiguous games: Evidence for strategic ambiguity aversion

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1083-1100

  Pulford, Briony D ^a,b   Colman, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; RISK; STUDENT; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RISK; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34547517636     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600866354     Document Type: Article

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