Departures from optimal stopping in an anagram task

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(91)90033-PzbMATH Open0716.92031OpenAlexW2041558676MaRDI QIDQ753735FDOQ753735

Authors: Jonathan Baron, Peter C. Badgio, Yaacov Ritov 

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(91)90033-p

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zbMATH Keywords

anagram problemimpulsivenessoptimum stopping pointovercautiousnessspeed-accuracy tradeoff function for problem-solving tasks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measurement and performance in psychology (91E45)

Cites Work

• Optimal strategies for seeking information. Models for statistics, choice reaction times, and human information processing

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