Effects of main actor, outcome and affect on biased braking speed judgments

Subjects who judged speed in a driving scenario overestimated how fast they could decelerate when speeding compared to when keeping within the speed limit (Svenson, 2009). The purpose of the present studies were to replicate studies conducted in Europe with subjects in the U.S., to study the influen...

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Main Authors: Ola Svenson, Gabriella Eriksson, Paul Slovic, C. K. Mertz, Tina Fuglestad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2012-05-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/12/12224/jdm12224.pdf