Mood in foreign exchange trading: cognitive processes and performance
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A study is conducted to examine the consequences of mood in molding behavior in financial markets and in determining performance of participants. The hypothesis with respect to the impact of good, neutral and bad moods on the behavior of traders is derived based on a review of the psychological theories and empirical findings, which relate mood and decision making and information processing is presented.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 2003
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Thirst for confirmation in multi-attribute choice: does search for consistency impair decision performance?
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Confirmation-seeking behavior of people while making multi-attribute decisions is examined using heuristics.
Publication Name: Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-5978
Year: 2006
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