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Information Sampling and Adaptive Cognition

By Klaus Fiedler , Peter Juslin

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521831598, 9780521831598
LCC
BF444 .I55 2005
Open Library ID
OL3298755M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3843972 bytes)
Pages
49\498
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

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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