Can personality type explain heterogeneity in probability distortions?

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 151-166

  Monica Capra, C ^a   Jiang, Bing ^b   Engelmann, Jan B ^c   Berns, Gregory S ^d  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice under risk; Experiments; Personality; Probability weighting function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY DISTORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84883522091     PISSN: 1937321X     EISSN: 2151318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033708     Document Type: Article

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