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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2018

Behavior is sensible but not globally optimal: Seeking common ground in the optimality debate.

Dobromir Rahnev, Rachel N Denison

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Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Resource-rational analysis versus resource-rational humans.The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2020
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Dobromir RahnevSchool of Psychology,Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta,GA 30332.drahnev@gmail.comrahnevlab.gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5265-2559
Rachel N DenisonDepartment of Psychology and Center for Neural Science,New York University,New York,NY 10003.rachel.denison@nyu.eduracheldenison.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6304-5236

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The disagreements among commentators may appear substantial, but much of the debate seems to stem from inconsistent use of the term optimality. Optimality can be used to indicate sensible behavior (adapted to the environment), globally optimal behavior (fully predicted from optimality considerations alone), locally optimal behavior (conforming to a specific model), and optimality as an empirical strategy (a tool for studying behavior). Distinguishing among these different concepts uncovers considerable common ground in the optimality debate.

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