Do humans make good decisions?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-34

  Summerfield, Christopher ^a   Tsetsos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficient coding; Gain control; Information integration; Neuroeconomics; Optimality; Perceptual decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GAIN CONTROL;

EFFICIENT CODING; INFORMATION INTEGRATION; NEUROECONOMICS; OPTIMALITY; PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

CODING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; VISION;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84919652603     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.11.005     Document Type: Review

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