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Information Sampling and Adaptive Cognition

Information Sampling and Adaptive Cognition

Hardcover

General Psychology

ISBN10: 0521831598
ISBN13: 9780521831598
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Dec 19 2005
Pages: 498
Weight: 1.71
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
Even the most intelligent and informed judges and decision makers have been shown to be prone to errors and biases with potentially serious consequences. Previous scientific attempts to explain the causes of wrong decisions have mainly focused on shortcomings in the cognitive processing of the information given. The recent research reviewed in the present volume offers an intriguing alternative for consideration. Although the input of environmental information samples may be biased, the cognitive processing of information samples is often unbiased and remarkably accurate.

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