The hot hand phenomenon as a cognitive adaptation to clumped resources

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-169

  Wilke, Andreas ^a,b   Barrett, H Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Decision making; Ecological rationality; Hot hand; Patchy environment; Streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049090382     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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