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Another claim for cognitive history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Henry M. Cowles Open the ORCID record for Henry M. Cowles [Opens in a new window]  and
Jamie Kreiner
Henry M. Cowles
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University of Michigan, LSA History, 1029 Tisch Hall, Ann Arbor, MI. cowles@umich.eduhttps://lsa.umich.edu/history/people/faculty/henry-cowles.html
Jamie Kreiner
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University of Georgia, Athens, GA30602. jkreiner@uga.eduhttp://history.uga.edu/directory/people/jamie-kreiner
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Abstract

History can help refine the resource-rational model by uncovering how cultural and cognitive forces act together to shape decision-making. Specifically, history reveals how the meanings of key terms like “problem” and “solution” shift over time. Studying choices in their cultural contexts illuminates how changing perceptions of the decision-making process affect how choices are made on the ground.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e6
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