The cognitive economy: the probabilistic turn in psychology and human cognition

Petko Kusev, Paul van Schaik

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    Abstract

    According to the foundations of economic theory, agents have stable and coherent "global" preferences that guide their choices among alternatives. However, people are constrained by information-processing and memory limitations and hence have a propensity to avoid cognitive load. We propose that this in turn will encourage them to respond to "local" preferences and goals influenced by context and memory representations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)294-295
    JournalAdvances in Polymer Science
    Volume36
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

    Keywords

    • Psychology

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