Six of one, half dozen of the other: Expanding and contracting numerical dimensions produces preference reversals

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1074-1078

  Burson, Katherine A ^a,c,d   Larrick, Richard P ^b   Lynch, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 69549126671     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02394.x     Document Type: Article

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