The dark side of intuition: Aging and increases in nonoptimal intuitive decisions

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Mikels, Joseph A ^a   Cheung, Elaine ^b   Cone, Jeremy ^c   Gilovich, Thomas ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Emotion; Intuition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881115411     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030441     Document Type: Article

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