Exploiting the Wisdom of Others to Make Better Decisions: Suspending Judgment Reduces Egocentrism and Increases Accuracy

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-434

  Yaniv, Ilan ^a   Choshen Hillel, Shoham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advice taking; Belief revision; Combining opinions; Decision making; Judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863328805     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.740     Document Type: Article

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