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Individual differences transcend the rationality debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2004

Elizabeth J. Newton*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, London, WC1N 1PF, United Kingdom
Maxwell J. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

Abstract:

Individual differences are indeed an important aid to our understanding of human cognition, but the importance of the rationality debate is open to question. An understanding of the process involved, and how and why differences occur, is fundamental to our understanding of human reasoning and decision making.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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References

Note

Commentary on Stanovich, K. E. and West, R. F. “Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate?” BBS 23(5):645–726 [October 2000]