Rapid recollection of foresight judgments increases hindsight bias in a memory design

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 959-964

  Calvillo, Dustin P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual processes; Hindsight bias; Memory; Response time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882947241     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028579     Document Type: Article

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