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Decision-making under uncertainty: biases and Bayesians.
Trimmer PC, Houston AI, Marshall JA, Mendl MT, Paul ES, McNamara JM. Trimmer PC, et al. Anim Cogn. 2011 Jul;14(4):465-76. doi: 10.1007/s10071-011-0387-4. Epub 2011 Mar 1. Anim Cogn. 2011. PMID: 21360119 Review.
Is optimism optimal? Functional causes of apparent behavioural biases.
Houston AI, Trimmer PC, Fawcett TW, Higginson AD, Marshall JA, McNamara JM. Houston AI, et al. Among authors: trimmer pc. Behav Processes. 2012 Feb;89(2):172-8. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.10.015. Epub 2011 Nov 12. Behav Processes. 2012. PMID: 22085791 Review.
The ecological rationality of state-dependent valuation.
McNamara JM, Trimmer PC, Houston AI. McNamara JM, et al. Among authors: trimmer pc. Psychol Rev. 2012 Jan;119(1):114-9. doi: 10.1037/a0025958. Epub 2011 Oct 24. Psychol Rev. 2012. PMID: 22022832
Natural selection can favour 'irrational' behaviour.
McNamara JM, Trimmer PC, Houston AI. McNamara JM, et al. Among authors: trimmer pc. Biol Lett. 2014 Jan 15;10(1):20130935. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0935. Print 2014 Jan. Biol Lett. 2014. PMID: 24429682 Free PMC article.
It is optimal to be optimistic about survival.
McNamara JM, Trimmer PC, Houston AI. McNamara JM, et al. Among authors: trimmer pc. Biol Lett. 2012 Aug 23;8(4):516-9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0010. Epub 2012 Feb 22. Biol Lett. 2012. PMID: 22357935 Free PMC article.
On evolutionary explanations of cognitive biases.
Marshall JA, Trimmer PC, Houston AI, McNamara JM. Marshall JA, et al. Among authors: trimmer pc. Trends Ecol Evol. 2013 Aug;28(8):469-73. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.013. Epub 2013 Jun 18. Trends Ecol Evol. 2013. PMID: 23790393
The erroneous signals of detection theory.
Trimmer PC, Ehlman SM, McNamara JM, Sih A. Trimmer PC, et al. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Oct 25;284(1865):20171852. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1852. Proc Biol Sci. 2017. PMID: 29046382 Free PMC article.
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