Smaller Is Better (When Sampling From the Crowd Within): Low Memory-Span Individuals Benefit More From Multiple Opportunities for Estimation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1068-1074

  Hourihan, Kathleen L ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Individual differences; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77954161663     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019694     Document Type: Article

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