Debiasing the Mind Through Meditation: Mindfulness and the Sunk-Cost Bias

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 369-376

  Hafenbrack, Andrew C ^a   Kinias, Zoe ^a   Barsade, Sigal G ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; emotions; intervention; meditation; mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893625262     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613503853     Document Type: Article

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