Anchoring in time estimation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Thomas, Kevin E ^a   Handley, Simon J ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchoring heuristic; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 36849074740     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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