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Keeping it simple, socially

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Louise Barrett  and
Peter Henzi
Louise Barrett
Affiliation:
Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdomlouiseb@liv.ac.uk
Peter Henzi
Affiliation:
Behavioural Ecology Research Group, School of Social Anthropology and Psychology, University of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africahenzi@mtb.und.ac.za
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Abstract

Fast and frugal heuristics function accurately and swiftly over a wide range of decision making processes. The performance of these algorithms in the social domain would be an object for research. The use of simple algorithms to investigate social decision-making could prove fruitful in studies of nonhuman primates as well as humans

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 743 - 744
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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