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Narrative thought and decision-making

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2023

Peter Ford Dominey Open the ORCID record for Peter Ford Dominey [Opens in a new window]
Peter Ford Dominey*
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Robot Cognition Laboratory, INSERM U1093 – CAPS, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon Cedex 21078, France. peter.dominey@inserm.fr https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Dominey
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Abstract

A significant body of literature has identified how narrative provides a basis for perceiving and understanding human experience. In the target article, the authors arrive at the need for a form of narrative-based reasoning due to constraints that render probabilistic-based reasoning ineffective. This commentary attempts to bridge this gap and identify links between the proposed and existing theories.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e90
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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