When confidence in a choice is independent of which choice is made

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 997-1001

  Koriat, Asher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; THINKING;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 58149468285     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.5.997     Document Type: Article

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