Précis of Simple heuristics that make us smart

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-780

  Todd, Peter M ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive toolbox; Bounded rationality; Decision making; Elimination models; Environment structure; Heuristics; Ignorance based reasoning; Limited information search; Robustness; Satisficing, simplicity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0034488945     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00003447     Document Type: Review

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