Working memory and spatial judgments: Cognitive load increases the central tendency bias
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judgment; memory; anchoring; working memory; cognitive constraints; cognitive busyness;All these keywords.
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- C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2015-04-19 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2015-04-19 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2015-04-19 (Neuroeconomics)
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