Heuristics and biases: Interactions among numeracy, ability, and reflectiveness predict normative responding

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Klaczynski, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic processing; Heuristics and biases; Moderator effects; Normative; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904890051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00665     Document Type: Article

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