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... less drama, such as declining educational standards or overinvestment of medical resources in the last year oflife. (As I write this, I notice that my choice of “little-covered” examples was guided by availability. The topics I chose as ...
... less marvelous than the striking insights of an experienced firefighter or physician—only more common. The psychology of accurate intuition involves no magic. Perhaps the best short statement of it is by the great Herbert Simon, who ...
... less well, or not at all, if you are not ready or if your attention is directed inappropriately. System 2 has some ability to change the way System 1 works, by programming the normally automatic functions of attention and memory. When ...
... less dramatic example of blindness during Add-1. Our subjects were exposed to a series of rapidly flashing letters while they worked. They were told to give the task complete priority, but they were also asked to report, at the end ...
... less demanding, detection performance was better. The sophisticated allocation of attention has been honed by a long evolutionary history. Orienting and responding quickly to the gravest threats or most promising opportunities improved ...
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| Title | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| Author | Daniel Kahneman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1429969350, 9781429969352 |
| Length | 512 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
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