Fluency Heuristic: A Model of How the Mind Exploits a By-Product of Information Retrieval

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1191-1206

  Hertwig, Ralph ^a   Herzog, Stefan M ^a   Schooler, Lael J ^b   Reimer, Torsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT R; ecological rationality; fluency; fluency heuristic; recognition heuristic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOMATISM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTOMATISM; CUES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049118193     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013025     Document Type: Article

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