The role of inertia in modeling decisions from experience with instance-based learning

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Dutt, Varun ^a   Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI   (India)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternations; Binary choice; Decisions from experience; Inertia; Instance based learning; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867127604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00177     Document Type: Article

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