The Brain Is not “As-If” – Taking Stock of the Neuroscientific Approach on Decision Making ( Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease - Methods and Applications )

Publication series ： Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease - Methods and Applications

Author： Kirsten G. Volz and Gerd Gigerenzer  

Publisher： IntechOpen‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: INT5825658273

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535112037

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789535112037

Subject： Q189 Neurobiology

Keyword： 神经科学

Language： ENG

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The Brain Is not “As-If” – Taking Stock of the Neuroscientific Approach on Decision Making

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Chapter 22 The Brain is not “as-if” — Taking Stock of the Neuroscientific Approach on Decision Making

1. Introduction

2. As-If models and process models

3. The brain is adapted to the uncertainty of large worlds, not to the certainty of lotteries and small worlds

3.1. Cognitive processes in large worlds differ from those in small worlds

3.2. Bounded rationality is the study of cognition in “Large worlds”

4. Methodology

4.1. Prediction versus fitting

4.2. Competitive tests of models versus testing only one

5. Taking stock: As-If models, small worlds and comparative tests

5.1. As-If models and neuroeconomics

5.2. Small worlds and neuroeconomics

5.3. Predictive and competitive tests and neuroeconomics

6. Conclusion

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