How do we make decisions? Conventional decision theory tells us only which behavioralchoices we ought to make if we follow certain axioms. In real life, however, our choices aregoverned by cognitive m
Over a century ago, William James proposed that people search through memory much asthey rummage through a house looking for lost keys. We scour our environments for territory, food,mates, and informa
Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for thefuture? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides astate-of-the-art assessment
Disease eradication represents the ultimate in global equity and the definitiveoutcome of good public health practice. Thirty years ago, the elimination of smallpox defineddisease eradication as a mon
Contrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformlyexcellent health care is not lack of money but lack of knowledge -- on the part of both doctors andpatients. The studies in
