A canonical theory of dynamic decision-making

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Fox, John ^a,b   Cooper, Richard P ^c   Glasspool, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Deontics Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous agents; Clinical decision making; Cognitive systems; Decision making; Unified theories of cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878852238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00150     Document Type: Article

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