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The aim of the present chapter is to provide a review of empirical studies involving time pressure, judgment, and decision making, which have been published during the past three decades. The chapter will not cover theoretical approaches to decision making and judgment or biological aspects related to time pressure because these issues are well covered elsewhere in this volume (the chapters by Maule & Svenson; Lundberg; Maule & Hockey). Svenson (1990, 1991) suggests that higher level decision processes involve problem-solving processes, and therefore a few references including time pressure from that research area will also be cited as examples of relevant research.
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Edland, A., Svenson, O. (1993). Judgment and Decision Making Under Time Pressure. In: Svenson, O., Maule, A.J. (eds) Time Pressure and Stress in Human Judgment and Decision Making. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6846-6_2
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