A Behavioral Demonstration of Overconfidence in Judgment

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1190-1197

  Mannes, Albert E ^a   Moore, Don A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; judgment; prediction; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880060433     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612470700     Document Type: Article

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