How robust is the optimistic update bias for estimating self-risk and population base rates?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Garrett, Neil ^a   Sharot, Tali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; OPTIMISTIC UPDATE BIAS; PESSIMISM; POPULATION BASE RATE; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF RISK; SOCIAL BELIEF; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CULTURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902603240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098848     Document Type: Article

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