Deciding advantageously after flipping a coin

Folk wisdom, advice columns, and pop culture suggest that when undecided, individuals may flip a coin – not to simply follow the suggestion, but to inspect their reaction to the outcome and then use the reaction to decide. While being intuitively appealing, it remains an open question whether this s...

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Main Authors: Mariela E. Jaffé, Rainer Greifeneder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691822000269