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Chater, Nick (2000) How smart can simple heuristics be? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23 (5). pp. 745-746.
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Abstract
This commentary focuses on three issues raised by Gigerenzer, Todd, and the ABC Research Group (1999). First, I stress the need for further experimental evidence to determine which heuristics people use in cognitive judgment tasks. Second, I question the scope of cognitive models based on simple heuristics, arguing that many aspects of cognition are too sophisticated to be modeled in this way. Third, I note the complementary role that rational explanation can play to Gigenerenzer et al.'s "ecological" analysis of why heuristics succeed.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | ||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0140-525X | ||||
| Official Date: | October 2000 | ||||
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| Volume: | 23 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 745-746 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
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