Medical decision making |
How are heuristics helpful in real-word situations? Dr. Gigerenzer describes how simple heuristics can improve medical decision making over much more complex solutions. By ignoring much of the available information, simple heuristics often are... |
Gerd Gigerenzer |
goCognitive |
00:07:37 |
Risk communication |
Dr. Gigerenzer explains how the communication of risk is a central problem in medical decision making - both on the side of the doctors as well as the patients. Risk illiteracy often leads to faulty decision making with severe consequences for the... |
Gerd Gigerenzer |
goCognitive |
00:10:29 |
Interdisciplinarity |
Interdisciplinary research has been a hot topic in modern science for many years, but only a small number of research groups have fully embraced the concept. In this interview, Dr. Gigerenzer describes the organization of his research group at the... |
Gerd Gigerenzer |
goCognitive |
00:04:37 |
The mind as an adaptive toolbox |
Dr. Gigerenzer describes his view of the mind as a collection of cognitive abilities that reflect both the result of evolution as well as the personal experiences of an individual within their specific environment. |
Gerd Gigerenzer |
goCognitive |
00:04:10 |
Evaluating Heuristics |
How do you evaluate heuristics? Dr. Gigerenzer emphasizes the two different existing approaches that describe the state of the field. In the descriptive approach, researchers try to find out whether people actually use a particular heuristic. In the... |
Gerd Gigerenzer |
goCognitive |
00:06:15 |