Visual extrapolation under risk: Human observers estimate and compensate for exogenous uncertainty

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1736, 2012, Pages 2171-2179

  Warren, Paul A ^a   Graf, Erich W ^b   Champion, Rebecca A ^a   Maloney, Laurence T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue combination; Decision under risk; Exogenous uncertainty; Maximum expected gain; Motion extrapolation; Statistical approaches

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859965968     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2527     Document Type: Article

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