Guessing imagined and live chance events: Adults behave like children with live events

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-659

  Robinson, E J ^a   Pendle, J E C ^a   Rowley, M G ^b   Beck, S R ^c   McColgan, K L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349132719     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X386810     Document Type: Article

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