How many hindsight biases are there?

Cognition

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1408-1440

  Blank, Hartmut ^a   Nestler, Steffen ^b   von Collani, Gernot ^b   Fischer, Volkhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Hindsight bias; Impressions of foreseeability; Impressions of necessity; Memory distortion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HINDSIGHT; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38649118525     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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