The intentional mind and the hot hand: Perceiving intentions makes streaks seem likely to continue

Cognition

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-153

  Caruso, Eugene M ^a   Waytz, Adam ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Gambler's fallacy; Hot hand; Intention; Streaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTUITION; LIFE EVENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF;

GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTUITION;

EID: 77952886041     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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