Fast and frugal food choices: Uncovering individual decision heuristics

Appetite

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 578-589

  Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a   Miesler, Linda ^a   Todd, Peter M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Food choice; Lexicographic; Simple heuristics; Transitivity; Weighted additive model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIMULUS; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35648987920     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.03.224     Document Type: Article

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