Redundant visual information enhances group decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2124-2130

  Barr, Shawn ^a   Gold, Jason M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective decision making; Efficiency; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925664616     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038224     Document Type: Article

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