What is it about?
Please note that this paper is an introduction that we wrote to the next paper in the current (April 2017) issue of the journal Topics in Cognitive Science. Hamlin, R. P. (2017). ``The gaze heuristic:'' Biography of an adaptively rational decision process. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(2):264--288. We do NOT actually cite that paper in our introduction as it immediately follows our introduction and the relationship is obvious in the online version of the journal.
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Why is it important?
Provides clear evidence for heuristic decision-making by RAF pilots, rats, bats, hawks, and insects. Read our intro and you will definitely want to read Hamlin's paper.
Perspectives
The Hamlin paper was sent to me by Hamlin. The journal, Topics in Cognitive Science, does not publish many single papers (we publish collections of papers that form a "topic"). However, once I started reading Hamlin's paper I could not stop! It was a great and fascinating story. On finishing I sent this to Gigerenzer and he responded within hours with much the same reaction as mine. We agreed to write an introduction together that would convey our excitement over this unusual (and unusually interesting) paper.
Professor Wayne D. Gray
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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This page is a summary of: A Simple Heuristic Successfully Used by Humans, Animals, and Machines: The Story of the RAF and Luftwaffe, Hawks and Ducks, Dogs and Frisbees, Baseball Outfielders and Sidewinder Missiles-Oh My!, Topics in Cognitive Science, April 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12269.
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