Self-deception can evolve under appropriate costs

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 382-396

  Ramírez, Juan Camilo ^a   Marshall, James A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Deception; Optimal behavior; Optimal decision making; Overconfidence; Self deception

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925449710     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.382     Document Type: Article

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