Magnitude comparison revisited: An alternative approach to binary choice under uncertainty

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 392-398

  Brown, Norman R ^a   Tan, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary choice; Heuristics; Magnitude comparison; Paired comparison; Symbolic distance effect; Take the best

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; COST; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; RECOGNITION; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79955781788     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0057-1     Document Type: Article

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