Selective exposure to information: How different modes of decision making affect subsequent confirmatory information processing

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 871-881

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Fischer, Julia ^b   Weisweiler, Silke ^b   Frey, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78650144239     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X499668     Document Type: Article

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