The impact bias is alive and well

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 740-748

  Wilson, Timothy D ^a   Gilbert, Daniel T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Emotion; Impact bias; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

AFFECT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING;

EID: 84887510602     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032662     Document Type: Note

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