Cognitive biases in aggressive drivers: Does illusion of control drive us off the road?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-129

  Stephens, Amanda N ^a   Ohtsuka, Keis ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Cognitive bias; Driving anger; Illusion of control; Optimism bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899918022     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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