Chapter 109 Cognitive Illusions Reconsidered

Handbook of Experimental Economics Results

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2008, Pages 1018-1034

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a   Hertwig, Ralph ^a   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^a   Sedlmeier, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 77949594753     PISSN: 15740722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0722(07)00109-6     Document Type: Review

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