The evolution of cognitive biases in human learning

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2022.111031zbMath1489.92108OpenAlexW4210910825MaRDI QIDQ2137432

Peter S. Park

Publication date: 16 May 2022

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111031

zbMATH Keywords

decision theorycausal inferencecultural evolutionoverconfidenceecological rationalitycognitive biasesBayesian updating modelshard-easy effectnon-monotonic confidenceselective social learningunderinference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Cognitive psychology (91E10) Memory and learning in psychology (91E40) Social learning (91D15)

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