Cultural differences in dynamic decision-making strategies in a non-linear, time-delayed task

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 365-376

  Dominik Guss C ^a   Dörner, Dietrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex problem solving; Cross cultural differences; Culture; Dynamic decision making; Intelligence; Non linear time; Performance; Planning; Strategy; Time orientation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING; CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; CULTURE; DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENCE; NON-LINEAR TIME; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGY; TIME ORIENTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953186879     PISSN: 13890417     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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