Information processing as a paradigm for decision making

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 277-294

  Oppenheimer, Daniel M ^a   Kelso, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Information processing; Paradigm shift; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCIENCE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84964222492     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015148     Document Type: Article

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