Description- and experience-based choice: Does equivalent information equal equivalent choice?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-284

  Camilleri, Adrian R ^a   Newell, Ben R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decisions from description; Decisions from experience; Description experience gap; Risky choice; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK;

EID: 79952628989     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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