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Uncovering cognitive constraints is the bottleneck in resource-rational analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2020
Abstract
A major constraint in resource-rational analysis is cognitive resources. Yet, uncovering the nature of individual components of the human mind has progressed slowly, because even the simplest behavior is a function of most (if not all) of the mind. Accelerating our understanding of the mind's structure requires more efforts in developing cognitive architectures.
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