Metacognitive evaluation in the avoidance of demand

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1372-1387

  Dunn, Timothy L ^a   Lutes, David J C ^a   Risko, Evan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Demand avoidance; Metacognition; Subjective costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METACOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; METACOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964545868     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000236     Document Type: Article

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