Selective information sampling: Cognitive coherence in evaluation of a novel item

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-316

  Fraser Mackenzie, Peter A F ^a,b   Dror, Itiel E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cognitive Consultants International Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmation bias; Evaluation behavior; Information sampling; Selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350166579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1930297500003880     Document Type: Article

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