A query theory account of the effect of memory retrieval on the sunk cost bias

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-773

  Ting, Hsuchi ^a   Wallsten, Thomas S ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; TIME;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959995251     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0099-4     Document Type: Article

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