Probability judgments of agency: Rational or irrational?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Schmidt, Thomas ^a   Heumüller, Vera C ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency bias; Agency judgments; Irrationality; Optimal decisions; Probability judgments; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; UNCERTAINTY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF EFFICACY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77649238921     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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