Older but not wiser-Predicting a partner's preferences gets worse with age

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-191

  Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a,b   Mata, Jutta ^b,c   Todd, Peter M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Food choice; Overconfidence; Preference prediction; Preference reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953715632     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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