Hindsight bias and the activation of counterfactual mind-sets

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Nestler, Steffen ^a   Von Collani, Gemot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thinking; Creeping determinism; Hindsight bias; Mind set priming

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING; CREEPING DETERMINISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HINDSIGHT BIAS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIND-SET PRIMING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; REPETITION PRIMING; UNCERTAINTY;

COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING; CREEPING DETERMINISM; HINDSIGHT BIAS; MIND-SET PRIMING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPETITION PRIMING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 49849096741     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.5.342     Document Type: Article

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