How decisions happen: Focal points and blind spots in interdependent decision making

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 398-417

  Halevy, Nir ^a   Chou, Eileen Y ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experimental games; Eye tracking; Information processing; Psychological prominence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVICES; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895115101     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035351     Document Type: Article

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