The where and when of likely and unlikely events

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-157

  Wakslak, Cheryl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Distance; Judgment; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855661637     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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