Look Before You Leap: Sensory Memory Improves Decision Making

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1635-1643

  Vlassova, Alexandra ^a   Pearson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

better decisions; cognitive neuroscience; decision making; memory; perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETTER DECISIONS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

BETTER DECISIONS; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; PERCEPTION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84883826634     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612474321     Document Type: Article

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