Why don't we learn from poor choices? The consistency of expectation, choice, and memory clouds the lessons of experience

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-145

  Schwarz, Norbert ^a   Xu, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

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EID: 79953714854     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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