Pressure and perverse flights to familiarity

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-531

  Litt, Ab ^a   Reich, Taly ^a   Maymin, Senia ^a   Shiv, Baba ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; familiarity; judgment and heuristics; pressure; stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954456208     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611400095     Document Type: Article

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