Cognitive abilities and superior decision making under risk: A protocol analysis and process model evaluation

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-33

  Cokely, Edward T ^b   Kelley, Colleen M ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Dual process theory; Expected value; Information search; Intelligence; Numeracy; Priority heuristic; Protocol analysis; Rationality; Risky choice; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350151112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s193029750000067x     Document Type: Article

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