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An addition to Kurzban et al.'s model: Thoroughness of cost-benefit analyses depends on the executive tasks at hand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2013

Sabrina D. Bruyneel  and
Siegfried Dewitte
Sabrina D. Bruyneel
Affiliation:
Research Center for Marketing and Consumer Science, KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 3000 Leuven, Belgium. sabrina.bruyneel@kuleuven.be http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/sabrina.bruyneel siegfried.dewitte@kuleuven.be http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/siegfried.dewitte
Siegfried Dewitte
Affiliation:
Research Center for Marketing and Consumer Science, KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 3000 Leuven, Belgium. sabrina.bruyneel@kuleuven.be http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/sabrina.bruyneel siegfried.dewitte@kuleuven.be http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/siegfried.dewitte
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Abstract

Though Kurzban et al.'s model explains a considerable set of empirical findings, it cannot accommodate other results without relying on extra assumptions. We offer an addition to the model, and suggest that cost-benefit analyses themselves depend on executive function, and therefore can be biased. The adapted model allows for explaining depletion effects, as well as their reversals, documented in the literature.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 681 - 682
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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