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    Which psychologist described the unconscious as 'shortcuts in the brain'?

    Question #89577. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Dec 08 07 11:27 PM)


    ainenei

    		Gerd Gigerenzer

    "Trusting hunches and intuition are really colloquial terms for what the author (of the book "Gut Feelings; The Intelligence of the Unconscious") Gerd Gigerenzer and his colleagues call "heuristics", defined as fast and efficient cognitive shortcuts in the brain."

    http://www.makeitcountcommunications.com/blog/
    http://www.newsweek.com/id/71514/output/print

    Dec 09 07, 12:39 AM

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