Decisions under distress: Stress profiles influence anchoring and adjustment

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1394-1399

  Kassam, Karim S ^a   Koslov, Katrina ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF EFFICACY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549120180     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02455.x     Document Type: Article

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