Losses as modulators of attention: Review and analysis of the unique effects of losses over gains

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 497-518

  Yechiam, Eldad ^a   Hochman, Guy ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Decision making; Loss aversion; Negativity bias; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887518924     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029383     Document Type: Article

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