Preference reversals with losses

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Holt, Daniel D ^a   Green, Leonard ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a   Estle, Sara J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 50949110856     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.1.89     Document Type: Article

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