Decision Strategies and the Confidence-Accuracy Relationship in Face Recognition

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-163

  Weber, Nathan ^a   Woodard, Libbey ^a   Williamson, Paul ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidence; Confidence accuracy; Decision making; Recognition memory; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875053610     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1750     Document Type: Article

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