Ralph Hertwig
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Ralph Hertwig studies human cognitive abilities, bringing together concepts and methods from psychology, neuroscience, economics, philosophy, biology, and mathematics. He investigates how biological cognitive strategies (heuristics) arise, perform, and vary under natural resource constraints. His work spans individual and group cognition.
Projects
Ralph Hertwig is member of:
• Project 22: Ecologically rational strategy selection
• Project 26: The collective dynamics underlying personal and social information integration
• Project 26: The collective dynamics underlying personal and social information integration
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Ralph Hertwig: Experimenting with Intelligence
