Fast and Frugal Heuristics Are Plausible Models of Cognition: Reply to Dougherty, Franco-Watkins, and Thomas (2008)

Psychological Review

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 230-237

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^b   Goldstein, Daniel G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive toolbox; cue validity; heuristics; recognition heuristic; take the best

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 39049143373     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.1.230     Document Type: Article

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