Blink or Think

Think or blink — is the recognition heuristic an “ intuitive ” strategy ? Benjamin

Several approaches to judgment and decision making emphasize the effort-reducing properties of heuristics. One prominent example for effort-reduction is the recognition heuristic (RH) which proposes that judgments are made by relying on one single cue (recognition), ignoring other information. Our research aims to shed light on the conditions under which the RH is more useful and thus relied on...

Think, blink or sleep on it? The impact of modes of thought on complex decision making.

This paper examines controversial claims about the merit of "unconscious thought" for making complex decisions. In four experiments, participants were presented with complex decisions and were asked to choose the best option immediately, after a period of conscious deliberation, or after a period of distraction (said to encourage "unconscious thought processes"). In all experiments the majority...

Metaphoric and descriptive terminology in dermoscopy: Combine “blink” with “think”

Giacomel, Zalaudek and Marghoob analyzed the different approaches of metaphoric and descriptive terminology in dermoscopy based on lessons from the cognitive sciences [1]. In our view, both approaches are used effectively daily and worldwide: • “Blink” is the first, more metaphoric-based diagnosis at a glance for most of the lesions in our clinical setting (e.g., “arborizing” vessels or “spoke-...

To blink or not to blink : fine cognitive tuning of the defensive hand blink reflex

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“ To Think , or Not to Think , That Is the Question ”