Visions of rationality

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 206-214

  Chase, Valerie M ^a   Hertwig, Ralph ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORY;

EID: 0032104733     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01179-6     Document Type: Review

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