Developing intuition for prices in Euros: Rescaling or relearning prices?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-155

  Marques, J Frederico ^a   Dehaene, Stanislas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTUITION; LEARNING;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; LEARNING;

EID: 4644311739     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.10.3.148     Document Type: Article

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