Uncertainty plus prior equals rational bias: An intuitive Bayesian probability weighting function

Psychological Review

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 878-887

  Fennell, John ^a   Baddeley, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes; Choice; Probability weighting; Prospect theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84874291670     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029346     Document Type: Article

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