- Weekend Science: Carp Sense Geomagnetic Fields
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... Before you say jste jsou blázni , keep in mind this is heuristics and there are obviously a lot of knobs to turn in figuring out ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 28 2023 - 9:52am - 0 attachments
- Psychological Bias and Ageism Against Young People
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... though they may deny it. In “Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases”, Daniel Kahneman et al . describe a simple ...
Blog Post - Nightvid Cole - Jun 12 2017 - 6:40am - 0 attachments
- Verlinde's Dark Universe
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Lots of people have asked me for my views on Erik Verlinde’s latest paper “ Emergent Gravity and the Dark Universe “. This fifty-one pages long preprint has attracted a fair bit of media attention. Particularly in the Netherlands, Verlinde’s name bein ...
Article - Johannes Koelman - Jan 25 2017 - 12:17pm - 0 attachments
- Hospital Patients Given Anti-Heartburn Drugs Have Higher Risk Of Dying
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... take more effort. That's because PPIs are built into many heuristics, or rules of thumb, that guide much hospital care. For instance, ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2015 - 8:52am - 0 attachments
- Your Brain In The Supermarket
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... Besides, he notes, "Even a computer uses simple heuristics to solve these problems." To test whether an index strategy ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2015 - 8:00am - 0 attachments
- Moderates Are More Susceptible To Common Cognitive Bias Than Extremists
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... unthinking approach, then they're likely to rely on heuristics in making decisions and their estimates will be close to the anchor ... judgments and are not necessarily unthinkingly relying on heuristics," says psychological scientist and lead researcher Mark J. Brandt of ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2014 - 7:23pm - 0 attachments
- Science 2.0: 'Data Smashing' With An Algorithm Could Unshackle Automated Discovery
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... on par with the accuracy of specialized algorithms and heuristics devised by experts. Source: Cornell University ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2014 - 7:00am - 0 attachments
- Hot Hand Bias: Monkeys Believe In Winning Streaks Too
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... certain things. "We're a complex mix of biases and heuristics and statistical reasoning. When you put it all together, that's how ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 12:31pm - 0 attachments
- Free Prize Messages Are A Turn-Off For Mobile Users
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... icons and messages, for decision-making shortcuts, called heuristics. Thus, marketers will want to avoid cues that elicit user ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2014 - 9:38am - 0 attachments
- Sometimes Less Is More For Hungry Dogs
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... where rapid decisions must be made, quick solution-driven heuristics such as the "less is more" effect may therefore come in handy. For ... may lose food to faster-choosing competitors. Such heuristics may also help prey in the wild to make rapid decisions rather than ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2014 - 2:03am - 0 attachments
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