The Heart and the Head: On Choosing Experiences Intuitively and Possessions Deliberatively: The Heart and the Head
- PAR ID:
- 10031786
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0894-3257
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 754 to 768
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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