Ambivalence in (not about ) naturalistic decision making

Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) is an extremely valuable new approach to the study of judgement and decision processes. At the same time, there are important questions and challenges for NDM: 1. Does NDM represent an evolutionary development from judgement and decision-making (JDM) research, or is it a parallel universe? 2. Should NDM defend itself against criticism that it is not scientifically rigorous? 3. Does NDM yield important general insights into decision making, or is it only concerned with understanding each specific domain? Recognizing how best to resolve these questions could make a big difference in the extent to which the NDM approach influences, and profits from, the broader decision research field.