An addition to Kurzban et al.’s model: Thoroughness of cost-benefit analyses depends on the executive tasks at hand

Though Kurzban et al.'s model explains a considerable set of empirical findings, it cannot accommodate other results without relying on extra assumptions. We offer an addition to the model, and suggest that cost-benefit analyses themselves depend on executive function, and therefore can be biased. The adapted model allows for explaining depletion effects, as well as their reversals, documented in the literature.

Jaar van publicatie:2013