As reflected in the amount of controversy, few areas in psychology have undergone such
dramatic conceptual changes in the past decade as the emerging science of heuristics …

Highlights•Fast-and-frugal heuristics are useful in situations of uncertainty, while
optimization is designed for situations or risk.•The study of the adaptive toolbox is …

Abstract The Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) community defines intuition as based on
large numbers of patterns gained through experience, resulting in different forms of tacit …

The ability to influence behaviour is central to many of the key policy challenges in areas
such as health, finance and climate change. The usual route to behaviour change in …

" More information is always better, and full information is best. More computation is always
better, and optimization is best." More-is-better ideals such as these have long shaped our …

In the management literature, heuristics are often conceived of as a source of systematic
error, whereas logic and statistics are regarded as the sine qua non of good decision …

Many of the most significant challenges in health care—such as smoking, overeating, and
poor adherence to evidence‐based guidelines—will only be resolved if we can influence …

Highly practical and accessible, this unique book gives therapists powerful tools for helping
patients learn to cope with feared or avoided emotional experiences. The book presents a …

Simple Heuristics in a Social World invites readers to discover the simple heuristics that
people use to navigate the complexities and surprises of environments populated with …

Statistical illiteracy can have an enormously negative impact on decision making. This
volume of collected papers brings together applied and theoretical research on risks and …