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Where does fast and frugal cognition stop? The boundary between complex cognition and simple heuristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Thom Baguley  and
S. Ian Robertson
Thom Baguley
Affiliation:
Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, [email protected]
S. Ian Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Luton, Luton, LU1 3JU, [email protected]
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Abstract

Simple heuristics that make us smart presents a valuable and valid interpretation of how we make fast decisions particularly in situations of ignorance and uncertainty. What is missing is how this intersects with thinking under even greater uncertainty or ignorance, such as novice problem solving, and with the development of expert cognition.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 742 - 743
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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