Loss-aversion or loss-attention: The impact of losses on cognitive performance

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-231

  Yechiam, Eldad ^a   Hochman, Guy ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Decision making; Loss aversion; Negativity bias; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84872542315     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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