The rule of three: How the third event signals the emergence of a streak

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-121

  Carlson, Kurt A ^a   Shu, Suzanne B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Streak emergence; Streak perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547924877     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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