Cognitive models of risky choice: Parameter stability and predictive accuracy of prospect theory

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-32

  Glöckner, Andreas ^a   Pachur, Thorsten ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive modeling; Heuristics; Individual differences; Prospect theory; Risky choice

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CUMULATIVE PROSPECT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856787114     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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