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Advancing rational analysis to the algorithmic level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Falk Lieder Open the ORCID record for Falk Lieder[Opens in a new window]  and
Thomas L. Griffiths
Falk Lieder
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Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen72076, Germany. falk.lieder@tuebingen.mpg.de; https://re.is.mpg.de
Thomas L. Griffiths
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Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey08544, USA. tomg@princeton.edu; https://psych.princeton.edu/person/tom-griffiths
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Abstract

The commentaries raised questions about normativity, human rationality, cognitive architectures, cognitive constraints, and the scope or resource rational analysis (RRA). We respond to these questions and clarify that RRA is a methodological advance that extends the scope of rational modeling to understanding cognitive processes, why they differ between people, why they change over time, and how they could be improved.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e27
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