The role of surprise in hindsight bias: A metacognitive model of reduced and reversed hindsight bias

Social Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-184

  Müller, Patrick A ^a   Stahlberg, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 35548977939     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.165     Document Type: Article

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