Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making

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Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making (Strüngmann Forum Reports)

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In real life, however, our choices are governed by cognitive mechanisms shaped over evolutionary time through the process of natural selection. Evolution has created strong biases in how and when we process information, and it is these evolved cognitive building blocks--from signal detection and memory to individual and social learning--that provide the foundation for our choices. An evolutionary perspective thus sheds necessary light on the nature of how we and other animals make decisions. This volume--with contributors from a broad range of disciplines, including evolutionary biology, psychology, economics Check Evolution and the Mechanisms of Decision Making our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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