The gambler's fallacy is associated with weak affective decision making but strong cognitive ability.

Humans demonstrate an inherent bias towards making maladaptive decisions, as shown by a phenomenon known as the gambler's fallacy (GF). The GF has been traditionally considered as a heuristic bias supported by the fast and automatic intuition system, which can be overcome by the reasoning syste...

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Main Authors: Gui Xue, Qinghua He, Xuemei Lei, Chunhui Chen, Yuyun Liu, Chuansheng Chen, Zhong-Lin Lu, Qi Dong, Antoine Bechara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3465297?pdf=render