Gut feelings : the intelligence of the unconscious /

Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gigerenzer explains why intuition is such a powerful decision-making too...

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Main Author: Gigerenzer, Gerd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, c2007
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