The chapter considers the project of probabilistic rational analysis in relation to a particularly well-studied and simple heuristic, the Take the Best algorithm. The authors relate the tension between 'rational' and 'algorithmic' explanations of cognitive phenomena to the bias-variance dilemma in statistics. Where the cognitive system must make do with little data in relation to the complexity of the problem, they suggest that simple algorithmic models, rather than full-blown probabilistic calculations, may be the cognitive system's best strategy.
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Brighton, H., & Gigerenzer, G. (2012). Bayesian brains and cognitive mechanisms: Harmony or dissonance? In The Probabilistic Mind: Prospects for Bayesian cognitive science. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216093.003.0009
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