Information overload or search-amplified risk? Set size and order effects on decisions from experience

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1023-1031

  Hills, Thomas T ^a   Noguchi, Takao ^a   Gibbert, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choice overload; Consumer behavior; Decisions from experience; Information overload; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GAMBLING; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887519774     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0422-3     Document Type: Article

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