Individual differences transcend the rationality debate

Individual differences transcend the rationality debate

Individual differences are indeed an important aid to our understanding of human cognition, but the importance of the rationality debate is open to question. An understanding of the process involved, and how and why differences occur, is fundamental to our understanding of human reasoning and decisi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2003-08, Vol.26 (4), p.530-531
Hauptverfasser: Newton, Elizabeth J., Roberts, Maxwell J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Cognition
Commentary on Stanovich, K. E. and West, R. F. “Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate?” BBS 23:645–726 [October 2000]
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Decision making
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Zusammenfassung:Individual differences are indeed an important aid to our understanding of human cognition, but the importance of the rationality debate is open to question. An understanding of the process involved, and how and why differences occur, is fundamental to our understanding of human reasoning and decision making.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X03230119