Cognitive determinants of affective forecasting errors

Often to the detriment of human decision making, people are prone to an impact bias when making affective forecasts, overestimating the emotional consequences of future events. The cognitive processes underlying the impact bias, and methods for correcting it, have been debated and warrant further ex...

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Main Authors: Michael Hoerger, Stuart W. Quirk, Richard E. Lucas, Thomas H. Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2010-08-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500002163/type/journal_article