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Facing up to the uncertainties of Covid-19

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Chater, Nick (2020) Facing up to the uncertainties of Covid-19. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (5). 439. doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0865-2

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0865-2

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Abstract

The human tendency to impose a single interpretation in ambiguous situations carries huge dangers in addressing COVID-19. We need to search actively for multiple interpretations, and governments need to choose policies that are robust if their preferred theory turns out to be wrong, argues Nick Chater.

Item Type: Journal Item
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): COVID-19 (Disease) , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects, Social distance
Journal or Publication Title: Nature Human Behaviour
Publisher: Springer Nature Group
ISSN: 2397-3374
Official Date: May 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2020Published
27 March 2020Available
18 March 2020Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 June 2020
Volume: 4
Number: 5
Article Number: 439
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0865-2
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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