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The hot hand in basketball: On the misperception of random sequences
- T. Gilovich, R. Vallone, A. Tversky
- Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- 1 July 1985
We investigate the origin and the validity of common beliefs regarding “the hot hand” and “streak shooting” in the game of basketball. Basketball players and fans alike tend to believe that a… Expand
Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment
- T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, D. Kahneman
- Psychology
- 8 July 2002
A review is presented of the book “Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment,” edited by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, and Daniel Kahneman.
To do or to have? That is the question.
- Leaf Van Boven, T. Gilovich
- Sociology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 December 2003
Do experiences make people happier than material possessions? In two surveys, respondents from various demographic groups indicated that experiential purchases-those made with the primary intention… Expand
How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
- T. Gilovich
- Psychology
- 1991
When can we trust what we believe - that "teams and players have winning streaks", that "flattery works", or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right" - and when are such… Expand
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Perspective taking as egocentric anchoring and adjustment.
- N. Epley, B. Keysar, Leaf Van Boven, T. Gilovich
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 September 2004
The authors propose that people adopt others' perspectives by serially adjusting from their own. As predicted, estimates of others' perceptions were consistent with one's own but differed in a manner… Expand
The experience of regret: what, when, and why.
- T. Gilovich, V. Medvec
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological review
- 1 April 1995
This article reviews evidence indicating that there is a temporal pattern to the experience of regret. Actions, or errors of commission, generate more regret in the short term; but inactions, or… Expand
Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation
- R. Frank, T. Gilovich, D. T. Regan
- Economics
- 1 May 1993
In this paper we investigate whether exposure to the self-interest model commonly used in economics alters the extent to which people behave in self-interested ways. First, we report the results of… Expand
The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic
- N. Epley, T. Gilovich
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 April 2006
One way to make judgments under uncertainty is to anchor on information that comes to mind and adjust until a plausible estimate is reached. This anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic is assumed to… Expand
Putting Adjustment Back in the Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic: Differential Processing of Self-Generated and Experimenter-Provided Anchors
- N. Epley, T. Gilovich
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 September 2001
People's estimates of uncertain quantities are commonly influenced by irrelevant values. These anchoring effects were originally explained as insufficient adjustment away from an initial anchor… Expand
The temporal pattern to the experience of regret.
- T. Gilovich, V. Medvec
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 September 1994
Through telephone surveys, written questionnaires, and face-to-face interviews, it was found that people's biggest regrets tend to involve things they have failed to do in their lives. This conflicts… Expand
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