Etc.: frequency processing and cognition
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198508632
Date de publication :
15 août 2002
Dimensions :
24,7 x 17,5 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
686 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This text explores the phenomenon of "frequency" - one of the major cognitive shortcuts we use to help us make sense of the world. Given the impossibility of knowing about every event that can ever take place, such a tool helps us to predict events and make inferences and judgements.