Ignorance- Versus Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Decision Time Analysis of the Recognition Heuristic

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1296-1305

  Hilbig, Benjamin E ^a   Pohl, Rüdiger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision time; evidence accumulation; fast and frugal heuristics; parallel constraint satisfaction; recognition heuristic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949210386     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016565     Document Type: Article

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