Predicting World Cup results: Do goals seem more likely when they pay off?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-283

  Bar Hillel, Maya ^a   Budescu, David V ^b   Amar, Moty ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; SPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; SPORTS;

EID: 48049092277     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.2.278     Document Type: Article

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