On Mental Transformations

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-253

  Kontek, Krzysztof ^a  

^a Artal Investments   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adaptation and attention focus; Aspiration level; Decision and perception utility; Markowitz utility hypothesis; Mental processes; Prospect cumulative prospect theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; LOGARITHMIC PERCEPTION; MENTAL ADAPTATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TRANSFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECT SCALING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 82155170862     PISSN: 1937321X     EISSN: 2151318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025387     Document Type: Article

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