Understanding risk: A guide for the perplexed

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-354

  Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RISK; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 60749086072     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.4.348     Document Type: Review

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