Similar processes despite divergent behavior in two commonly used measures of risky decision making

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-454

  Bishara, Anthony J ^a,b   Pleskac, Timothy J ^c   Fridberg, Daniel J ^a   Yechiam, Eldad ^d   Lucas, Jesolyn ^a   Busemeyer, Jerome R ^a   Finn, Peter R ^a   Stout, Julie C ^a,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balloon analog risk task; Iowa gambling task; Loss aversion; Risky decisions; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349333638     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.641     Document Type: Article

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