A hierarchical Bayesian model of the influence of run length on sequential predictions

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-217

  Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a   Studer, Bettina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary prediction task; Gamblers fallacy; Hot hand; Recency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893088232     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0469-1     Document Type: Article

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