Decision-making Competence, Executive Functioning, and General Cognitive Abilities

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-351

  Del Missier, Fabio ^a   Mäntylä, Timo ^b,c   de Bruin, Wändi Bruine ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2340; 2343; Decision making competence; Executive functioning; Fluid intelligence; Individual differences; Numeracy; PsycINFO classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856628806     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.731     Document Type: Article

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