The evolution of error: error management, cognitive constraints, and adaptive decision-making biases.

Dominic D P Johnson; Daniel T. Blumstein; James H. Fowler; Martie G. Haselton

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The evolution of error: error management, cognitive constraints, and adaptive decision-making biases.

August 8, 2013

Johnson DDP, Blumstein DT, Fowler JH, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2013;28(8):474-81.

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This review describes a framework to prevent errors through understanding decision-making under uncertainty and cognitive biases.

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