Expectations of clumpy resources influence predictions of sequential events

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 326-333

  Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a   Wilke, Andreas ^b,c   Todd, Peter M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Decision making; Error management theory; Gambler's fallacy; Hot hand; Patchy environment; Randomness; Streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961171043     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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