Comparison of the Distortion of Probability Information in Decision Under Risk and an Equivalent Visual Task

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-426

  Glaser, Craig ^a   Trommershäuser, Julia ^a   Mamassian, Pascal ^b   Maloney, Laurence T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

decision making under risk; experience; prediction; probability; probability weight; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859838832     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611429798     Document Type: Article

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