A Cognitive Approach to Human Decision Making

Decision-making Process: Concepts and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 475-503

  Raufaste, Éric ^a   Hilton, Denis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic processes; Cognitive architecture; Conflicting motivations; Decision making; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885779525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470611876.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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