Rethinking fast and slow based on a critique of reaction-time reverse inference

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Krajbich, Ian ^a,b   Bartling, Björn ^a   Hare, Todd ^a   Fehr, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; REACTION TIME; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; INTUITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HUMANS; INTUITION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84986552468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8455     Document Type: Article

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