The role of conviction and narrative in decision-making under radical uncertainty

Theory and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 501-523

  Tuckett, David ^a   Nikolic, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; conviction; decision making under uncertainty; emotion; narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026253763     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354317713158     Document Type: Article

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