Parallel constraint satisfaction in memory-based decisions

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-195

  Glöckner, Andreas ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic information integration; Fast and frugal heuristics; Intuition; Memory based decision making; Parallel constraint satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955502040     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000084     Document Type: Article

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