The hot hand exists in volleyball and is used for allocation decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-94

  Raab, Markus ^a,b   Gula, Bartosz ^c   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Sports; Streaks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLLEYBALL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 84863798927     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025951     Document Type: Article

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