The Emergence of Coherence over the Course of Decision Making

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1250-1260

  Simon, Dan ^a   Pham, Lien B ^b   Le, Quang A ^b   Holyoak, Keith J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85047682466     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.5.1250     Document Type: Article

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