Adaptive rationality: An evolutionary perspective on cognitive bias

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Social Cognition

• Publication date

  2009-10-01

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1521/SOCO.2009.27.5.733
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