Position effects in choice from simultaneous displays: A conundrum solved

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 419-433

  Bar Hillel, Maya ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Edge aversion; Interactive choice; Middle bias; Primacy; Reachability; Representativeness; Salience; Serial position effect; Strategic choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84943166849     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691615588092     Document Type: Article

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