publications

Gerd Gigerenzer
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94
14195 Berlin, Germany
November 2008
CURRICULUM VITAE
1974
1977
1982
Degree in Psychology (M.A.), University of Munich.
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Munich.
Habilitation, Psychology, University of Munich.
Positions
1997–
1995–1997
1992–1995
1990–1992
1984–1990
1982–1984
1977–1982
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
(Managing Director, 2000–2001, 2005–2006).
Director at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich.
Professor, Department of Psychology, and Committee for the Conceptual
Foundations of Science, University of Chicago, USA.
Professor of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
Professor of Psychology, University of Constance (Chairman, 1988–1989).
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Munich.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Munich.
Honors and Awards
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) for Distinguished Contributions
to Psychological Science 2008
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for
Science Books 2008
Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h.c.), University of Basel, 2007.
Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2007 (Business Book of the Year Bauchentscheidungen (German
translation of Gut Feelings), awarded by the Swiss Handelszeitung.
Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2007 (Science Book of the Year Prize) for
Bauchentscheidungen (German translation of Gut Feelings), awarded by Bild der
Wissenschaft.
Honorary Professor, Humboldt University Berlin, 2005–
Batten Fellow, Darden Business School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2004–
Professor der Universitätsgesellschaft, University of Munich, 2004.
Reckoning with Risk shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize, 2003.
Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2002 (Science Book of the Year Prize) for Einmaleins der
Skepsis (German translation of Calculated Risks), awarded by Bild der Wissenschaft.
-2Fellow, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2002–
Fellow, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, 2000–
John M. Olin Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Law, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, 1999.
Honorary Professor, Free University Berlin, 1998–
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Prize for Behavioral Science
Research 1992 (for “From tools to theories: A heuristic of discovery in cognitive
psychology,” Psychological Review, 98, 254–267).
Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, Germany (Project on “Biological
foundations of human culture,” 1991–1992).
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA (1989–1990).
Academy Stipend, awarded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 1987/1988.
Association of American Publishers Prize for the best book in the Social and Behavioral
Sciences (The probabilistic revolution, MIT Press), 1987.
Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, 1987-1988; 2002-2003.
Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, Fall
1985.
Fritz Thyssen Foundation Prize for one of the three best German journal articles in the social
sciences (for “Der eindimensionale Wähler,” Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 1982,
13, 217–236), 1984.
Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, Germany (Project on “The impact
of the probabilistic revolution on the scientific conception of man and society,” 1982–
1983).
Selected Invited Lectures
2009
2008
2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2002
2002
APS William James Distinguished Lecture, Chicago
LSE Space For Thought Public Lecture. London School of Economics.
Keynote, La Ciudad de las Ideas, Puebla, Mexico
Keynote, 4th International Shared Decision Making Conference, Freiburg.
Keynote, China European Business School, Shanghai.
Inaugural Peter M. O’Farrel Lecture on Original Thinking in Investing and Finance.
Boston Security Analysts Society.
Keynote, 76th Annual Conference of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
(HNO), Erfurt.
Keynote, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference, Whistler, BC,
Canada.
Keynote, Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior, Boston.
Batton Fellow Lectures. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Virginia.
Keynote lecture, 19th Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making
(SPUDM), Zurich.
Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Invited address, American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Public lecture, Old Theatre, London School of Economics, England.
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2001
2001
2000
2000
2000
1999
1999
1999
1998
1998
1998
1997
1995
1995
1993
1992
Keynote, German Medical Association, Cologne.
Invited address, American Psychological Society, Toronto.
Keynote, Siemens Knowledge Management Conference, Munich.
Distinguished Speaker in Cognitive Science, Michigan State University, Lansing. MI.
Keynote, International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA.
Keynote, Pedagogical Psychology Meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Keynote, International Association for Research in Economic Psychology, Belgirate,
Italy.
Opening lecture, Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Leipzig, Germany.
Plenary address, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, University of California,
Davis.
Taft Lectures, University of Cincinnati, OH.
Plenary speaker, Vancouver Cognitive Science Conference, Canada.
Savage Memorial Lecture, Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA.
Invited lecture, Society for Medical Decision Making, Tempe, AZ.
Keynote, Meeting of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Bochum, Germany.
Invited address, Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making
(SPUDM), Aix-en-Provence, France.
Invited address, Judgment and Decision Making Society, St. Louis, MO.
Professional Services
2008
2008
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2004-2005
2003
2002
2001–
1998–
1996–2002
1996–
1993–2000
Founding member, International Herbert A. Simon Society
Scientific Program Commmittee, 16th Cochrane Colloquium
Advisory Committee of International Scholars, Board of the APS Policies.
Advisory Board, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Forum.
Continuing education program for gynecologists. Bayer-Schering, Berlin.
Editorial Board, Psychological Inquiry.
Advisory Board, European Society for Philosophy and Psychology ESPP.
Advisory Board, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany.
Codirector, Winter Institute for Bounded Rationality, Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore, India.
Continuing education program for judges, Santa Fe 2004; Tuscon 2005.
Advisory Committee, British Medical Journal.
Program Committee, 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Codirector, Annual Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and
Economics.
Editorial Board, Evolution and Human Behavior.
Humboldt Research Awards Committee
Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Editorial Board, Cognition
-41993–
1990–
1989–1992
Editorial Board, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
Coeditor, Theory and Psychology
Coeditor, Psychologische Rundschau
Reviewer for: American Journal of Psychology; American Psychologist; Behavioral and Brain
Sciences; Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers; British Journal of Mathematical
and Statistical Psychology; British Medical Journal; Cognition; Cognitive Development; Cognitive
Psychology; Current Directions in Psychological Science; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft;
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie; Developmental Psychology; Diabetologia; Economic & Social
Research Council; Erlbaum Associates Publishers; European Psychologist; European Review of
Social Psychology; Harvard University Press; History of the Human Sciences; Human Behavior and
Evolution; Humboldt Foundation Research Awards; Journal of Behavioral Decision Making; Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied; Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition; Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception and Performance; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of
Mathematical Psychology; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of Risk and
Uncertainty; Journal of Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease; Judgment and Decision Making;
Methods of Psychological Research-online; Memory & Cognition; Methodika; MacArthur
Foundation; MIT Press; National Institute of Mental Health; National Science Foundation;
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; Oesterreichische Nationalbank; Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes; Oxford University Press; Perceptual & Motor Skills;
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Perspectives on Psychological Science; Psychological
Bulletin; Psychological Methods; Psychological Review; Psychological Science; Pscyhological
Science in the Public Interest; Psychologische Beiträge; Psychologische Rundschau; Psychometrika;
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Statistical Science; Swiss National Science Foundation; Synthese;
Theory & Psychology; Trends in Cognitive Sciences; University of Michigan Press; University of
Pittsburgh Press; Volkswagen Stiftung; Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische
Psychologie; Zeitschrift für experimentelle und angewandte Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Psychologie;
Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Todd, P. M., Gigerenzer, G., & the ABC Research Group (in press). Ecological rationality:
Intelligence in the world. New York: Oxford University Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Rationality for mortals. New York: Oxford University Press.
(Korean translation: Books 21 Publishing Group)
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Gut feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. New York: Viking
Press.
(audio book: Tantor Media, 2007)
(UK edition: Penguin/Allen Lane, 2007)
(e-book: Penguin, in press)
-5(German translation: Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten und
die Macht der Intuition. Bertelsmann, 2007)
(Dutch translation: De kracht van je intuitie. Kosmos, 2007)
(Spanish translation: Decisiones instintivas: La inteligencia del inconsciente.
Editorial Ariel 2008)
(Croatian translation: Snaga intuicije: Inteligencija nesvjesnog. Algoritam, 2008)
(Italian translation: Decisioni intuitive. Raffaello Cortina, 2009)
(Korean translation: Chungrim)
(Brazilian edition: Distribuidora Record, Brazil)
(Turkish translation: BZD Publishers)
(Chinese translation: China Renmin University Press)
(Taiwanese translation [complex Chinese]: Locus, Taiwan)
(Polish translation: Proszinsky i Ska)
(French translation: Editions Belfond)
(Bulgarian translation: Iztok-Zapad)
(Romanian translateion: Cuertea Veche)
(Portuguese translation: Gradiva)
(Japanese translation: Intershift)
(Excerpts reprinted in R. Oehler, V. Bernius, & K.-H. Wellmann (Eds.). (2008),
Wer wir sind und wie wir sein könnten (pp. 153-166). Freiburg: Herder.)
Gigerenzer, G., & Engel, C. (Eds.). (2006). Heuristics and the law. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Kurz-Milcke, E., & Gigerenzer, G. (Eds.). (2004). Experts in science and society. New York:
Kluwer/Plenum.
Gigerenzer, G. (2002). Calculated risks: How to know when numbers deceive you. New
York: Simon & Schuster.
(UK edition: Reckoning with risk: Learning to live with uncertainty. Penguin
Books, 2002)
(German translation: Das Einmaleins der Skepsis. Über den richtigen Umgang
mit Zahlen und Risiken. Berlin Verlag, 2002)
(Italian translation: Quando i numeri ingannano: Imparare a vivere con
l'incertezza. Raffaello Cortina, 2003)
(Japanese translation: Hayakawa Publishers, 2003)
(Portuguese translation: Calcular o risco: Aprender a lidar com a incerteza.
Gradiva, 2005)
(French translation: Penser le risqué: Apprendre a vivre dans l’incertitude.
Editions Markus Haller)
(Korean translation: Sallim Publishing Co.)
-6Gigerenzer, G., & Selten, R. (Eds.). (2001). Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Adaptive thinking: Rationality in the real world. New York: Oxford
University Press.
(Chinese translation: Shanghai Educational Publishing House, 2006)
Gigerenzer, G., Todd, P. M., & the ABC Research Group. (1999). Simple heuristics that
make us smart. New York: Oxford University Press.
(Chinese translation: East China Normal University Press, 2002)
(Romanian translation: Publica, Bucharest, in press)
Hell, W., Fiedler, K., & Gigerenzer, G. (Eds.). (1993). Kognitive Täuschungen [Cognitive
illusions]. Heidelberg, Germany: Spektrum.
Gigerenzer, G., Swijtink, Z., Porter, T., Daston, L., Beatty, J., & Krüger, L. (1989). The
empire of chance. How probability changed science and everyday life. Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Press.
(German translation: Das Reich des Zufalls. Heidelberg: Spektrum, 1999)
(Excerpts translated into French in Risques, 3, 51–58)
Krüger, L., Gigerenzer, G., & Morgan, M. (Eds.). (1987). The probabilistic revolution: Vol.
II. Ideas in the sciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (2nd ed. 1989)
Gigerenzer, G., & Murray, D. J. (1987). Cognition as intuitive statistics. Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Gigerenzer, G. (1981). Messung und Modellbildung in der Psychologie [Measurement and
modeling in psychology]. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt.
Dissertations
Gigerenzer, G. (1982). Messung und axiomatische Modellbildung: Theoretische Grundlagen
und experimentelle Untersuchungen zur sensorischen und sozialen Wahrnehmung
[Measurement and axiomatic modeling: Theoretical foundations and experimental
research on sensory and social perception]. Habilitation, University of Munich.
Gigerenzer, G. (1977). Nonmetrische multidimensionale Skalierung als Modell des
Urteilsverhaltens. Zur Integration von dimensionsanalytischer Methodik und
psychologischer Theorienbildung [Nonmetrical multidimensional scaling as a model
of judgment behavior. Integrating dimension analysis methodology and
psychological theorization]. Dissertation, University of Munich.
-7Articles and Chapters
In press
Cokely, E. T., Schooler, L. J. & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Engineering simplicity: heuristics for
information search. In M. N. Maack & M. J. Bates (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Sciences.
Gigerenzer, G. & Brighton, H. (in press). Homo heuristicus: Why biased minds make better
inferences. topiCS
Brighton, H. & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). How heuristics exploit uncertainty. In P. M. Todd, G.
Gigerenzer & the ABC Research Group. Ecological rationality: Intelligence in the world.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Gigerenzer, G., Fiedler, K., & Olsson, H. (in press). Cognitive biases or reflections from the
environment? In P. M. Todd, G. Gigerenzer & the ABC Research Group. Ecological
rationality: Intelligence in the world. New York: Oxford University Press.
Gigerenzer, G., Dieckmann, A., & Gaissmaier, W. (in press). Heuristic search as a building block
of cognition. In P. M. Todd, G. Gigerenzer & the ABC Research Group. Ecological
rationality: Intelligence in the world. New York: Oxford University Press.
Goldstein, D. G. & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Fast and frugal forecasting. International Journal of
Forecasting.
Garcia-Retamero, R., Takezawa, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Does imitation benefit cue order
learning? Experimental Psychology.
Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Randomized trials and public policy. In C. Mantzavinos (ed.),
Philosophy of the social sciences. Cambridge University Press.
Galesic, M., Garcia-Retamero, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Using icon arrays to communicate
medical risks: Overcoming low numberacy. Health Psychology.
Steurer, J., Held, U., Schmidt, M., Gigerenzer, G., Tag, B., & Bachmann L. M. (in press). Legal
concerns trigger PSA testing. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
Marewski, J. N., Galesic, M. & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Fast and frugal media choices. In
Hartmann, T. (Ed.), Evolving perspectives on media choice: A theoretical and empirical
overview. Routledge.
Gigerenzer, G. & Wegwarth, O. (in press). Risikoabschätzung in der Medizin am Beispiel
Krebsfrüherkennung. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im
Gesundheitswesen.
-8Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Bounded rationality. In D. Sander & K. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford
companion to the affective sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.
Garcia-Retamero, R., Takezawa, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Comunicación grupal y
estrategias de toma de decisiones. Psicothema.
Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Risk communication. In Kattan, M. W. (ed),
Encyclopedia of medical decision making. London: Sage.
Katsikopoulos, K. V., & Gigerenzer, G. (in press). Bounded rationality: Fast and frugal heuristics
for decisions under uncertainty. In K. Lucas & P. Roosen (Eds.). Emergence, Analysis and
Evolution of Structures. Berlin: Springer.
2008
Gigerenzer, G., Gaissmaier, W., Kurz-Milcke, E., Schwartz, L. M., & Woloshin, S. W. (2008).
Helping doctors and patients make sense of health statistics. Psychological Science in the
Public Interest, 8, 53-96.
Gigerenzer, G., & Todd, P. M. (2008). Rationality the fast and frugal way: Introduction. In C. R.
Plott & V. L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of experimental economics results: Vol. 1
(Handbooks in Economics No. 28) (pp. 976-986). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Goldstein, D. G., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). The recognition heuristic and the less-is-more effect. In
C. R. Plott & V. L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of experimental economics results: Vol. 1
(Handbooks in Economics No. 28) (pp. 987-992). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Ortmann, A., Gigerenzer, G., Borges, B., & Goldstein, D. G. (2008). The recognition heuristic: A
fast and frugal way to investment choice? In C. R. Plott & V. L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook
of experimental economics results: Vol. 1 (Handbooks in Economics No. 28) (pp. 9931003). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Gigerenzer, G., Martignon, L., Hoffrage, U., Rieskamp, J., & Czerlinski, J. (2008). One-reason
decision making. In C. R. Plott & V. L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of experimental
economics results: Vol. 1 (Handbooks in Economics No. 28) (pp. 1004-1017). Amsterdam:
North-Holland.
Gigerenzer, G., Hertwig, R., & Hoffrage, U. (2008). Cognitive illusions reconsidered. In C. R. Plott
& V. L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of experimental economics results: Vol. 1 (Handbooks in
Economics No. 28) (pp. 1018-1034). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
-9Todd, P. M., Rieskamp, J., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Social heuristics. In C. R. Plott & V. L. Smith
(Eds.), Handbook of experimental economics results: Vol. 1 (Handbooks in Economics No.
28) (pp. 1035-1046). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
Katsikopoulos, K. V. & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). One-reason decision-making: Modeling violations
of expected utility theory. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 37, 35-56.
Kurz-Milcke, E., Gigerenzer, G., & Martignon L. (2008). Transparency in risk communication –
graphical and analog tools. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1128, 18-28.
Gigerenzer, G., Hoffrage, U., & Goldstein, D. G. (2008). Fast and frugal heuristics are plausible
models of cognition: Reply to Dougherty, Franco-Watkins, and Thomas. Psychological
Review, 115, 230-239.
Brandstätter, E., Gigerenzer, G., & Hertwig, R. (2008). Risky choice with heuristics: Reply to
Birnbaum (2008), Johnson, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, and Willemsen (2008) and Rieger and
Wang (2008). Psychological Review, 115, 281-290.
Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Why heuristics work. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 20-29.
McElreath, R., Gigerenzer, G., Glöckner, A., Hammerstein, P., Kurzban, R., Magen, S., Richerson,
P.J., Robson, A., & Stevens, J. R. (2008). Individual decision making and the evolutionary
roots of institutions. In C. Engel & W. Singer (Eds.), Better than conscious? Decision
making, the human mind, and implications for institutions (pp.325-342). Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Wissenschaftler an einem Max-Planck-Institut. In K. Weis & Manfred
Amelang (Eds.), Psychologen im Beruf (pp. 229-234). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Brighton, H., & Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Bayesian brains and cognitive mechanisms: Harmony or
dissonance? In N. Chater & M. Oaksford (Eds.), The probabilistic mind: Prospects for
Bayesian cognitive science (pp. 189–208). New York: Oxford University Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Moral intuition = Fast and frugal heuristics? In W. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.),
Moral psychology: Vol 2. The cognitive science of morality: Intuition and diversity (pp. 1–
26). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2008). Reply to comments. In W. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.), Moral psychology: Vol
2. The cognitive science of morality: Intuition and diversity (pp. 41–46). Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press.
2007
- 10 Gigerenzer, G., & Brighton, H. (2008). Can hunches be rational? Journal of Law, Economics and
Policy, 4, 155-176.
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Helping physicians understanding screening tests will improve health care.
Observer, 20, 37-38.
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Bounded rationality. Debatte, 6, 105-111.
Gigerenzer, G., & Hoffrage, U. (2007). The role of representation in Bayesian reasoning:
Correcting common misconceptions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 264–267.
Gigerenzer, G., & Sturm, T. (2007). Tools = theories = data? On some circular dynamics in
cognitive science. In M. G. Ash & T. Sturm (Eds.), Psychology’s territories: Historical and
contemporary perspectives from different disciplines (pp. 305–342). Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Bachmann, L. M., Gutzwiller, F. S., Puhan, M. A., Steurer, J., Steurer-Stey C., &
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Do citizens have minimum medical knowledge? A survey. BMC
Medicine, 5, Article 14. Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/5/14.
Berg, N., & Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Psychology implies paternalism? Bounded rationality may
reduce the rationale to regulate risk-taking. Social Choice and Welfare, 28, 337–359.
Kurz-Milcke, E., & Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Heuristic decision making. Marketing, 3, 48–56.
Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Environments that make us smart: Ecological rationality.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 16–171.
Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Begrenzte Rationalität. In Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der
Wissenschaften (Ed.), Risiko: Streitgespräche in den Wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen der
Versammlung der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Debatte No. 6)
(pp. 105-111). Berlin: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Mechanisms of ecological rationality: heuristics and
environments that make us smart. In R. I. M. Dunbar & L. Barrett (Eds.), The Oxford
handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 197–210). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
2006
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Out of the frying pan into the fire: Behavioral reactions to terrorist attacks.
Risk Analysis, 26, 347–351.
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Heuristics. In G. Gigerenzer & C. Engel (Eds.), Heuristics and the law (pp.
17–44). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- 11 Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Bounded and rational. In R. J. Stainton (Ed.), Contemporary debates in
cognitive science (pp. 115–133). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
(Reprinted in A. Beckermann, H. & S. Walter, Eds. 2008. Philosophy: Foundations and
Applications. Paderborn: Mentis)
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). What’s in a sample? In K. Fiedler & P. Juslin (Eds.). In the beginning there
is a sample: Information sampling as a key to understand adaptive cognition (pp. 239–
260). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Follow the leader. Harvard Business Review, 84, 58–59.
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Einfache Heuristiken für komplexe Entscheidungen [Simple heuristics for
complex decisions]. Jahrbuch 2005 der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher
Leopoldina, 51, 337–343.
Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Einfache Heuristiken für komplexe Entscheidungen [Simple heuristics for
complex decisions]. Debatte, 4, 37–44.
Gigerenzer, G., & Dieckmann, A. (2006). Oblivious confusion. In Rapp, R., Seldmeier, P. &
Zunker-Rapp, G. (eds.), Perspectives on cognition. A Festschrift for Manfred Wettler (pp.
19–29). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst.
Gigerenzer, G., & Gaissmaier, W. (2006). Denken und Urteilen unter Unsicherheit: Kognitive
Heuristiken [Thinking and deciding under uncertainty: Cognitive heuristics]. In J. Funke
(Ed.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Vol. C/II/8: Denken und Problemlösen (pp. 329–374).
Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Berg, N., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Peace-making among inconsistent rationalities? Comment on
Alex Kacelnik et al. In C. Engel & L. Daston (Eds.), Is there value in inconsistency? (pp.
423–433). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos.
Brandstätter, E., Gigerenzer, G., & Hertwig, R. (2006). The priority heuristic: Making choices
without trade-offs. Psychological Review, 113, 409–432.
(Reprinted in Judgement and decision making, by N. Chater, Ed., 2009, London:
Sage)
Engel, C., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Law and heuristics: An interdisciplinary venture. In G.
Gigerenzer & C. Engel (Eds.), Heuristics and the law (pp. 1–16). Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.
Garcia-Retamero, R., Takezawa, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). How to learn good cue orders:
When social learning benefits simple heuristics. In R. Sun, & N. Miyake (Eds.),
- 12 Proceedings of the 28th annual conference of the cognitive science society (pp. 1352–
1358). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Elbaum.
Gaissmaier, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Wie funktioniert Intuition? [How does intuition work?].
In E. H. Witte (Ed.), Evolutionäre Sozialpsychologie und automatische Prozesse (pp. 31–
49). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst.
Kysar, D. A., Ayton, P., Frank, R. H., Frey, B. S., Gigerenzer, G., Glimcher, P. W., et al. (2006).
Are heuristics a problem or a solution? In G. Gigerenzer & C. Engel (Eds.), Heuristics and
the law (pp. 103–140). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Sturm, T., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). How can we use the distinction between discovery and
justification? On the weaknesses of the strong programme in the sociology of science. In J.
Schickore & F. Steinle (Eds.), Revisiting discovery and justification (pp. 133–158).
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Volz, K. G., Schooler, L. J., Schubotz, R. I., Raab, M., Gigerenzer, G., & von Cramon, D. Y.
(2006). Why you think Milan is larger than Modena: Neural correlates of the recognition
heuristic. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 1924–1936.
Zhu, L., & Gigerenzer, G. (2006). Children can solve Bayesian problems: The role of
representation in mental computation. Cognition, 98, 287–308.
2005
Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Wie versteht man Risiken und Unsicherheiten? [How to understand
risks and uncertainty]. HNO Informationen, 4, 287–294.
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Gigerenzer, G., & Gigerenzer, T. (2005). Is the ultimatum game a three-body affair? Behavioral
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Gigerenzer, G., Hertwig, R., van den Broek, E., Fasolo, B., & Katsikopoulos, K. (2005). “A 30%
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Dieckmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Macht Halbwissen klug? Berliner Ärzte, 7, 16–19.
Elmore, J. G., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Benign breast disease – The risks of communicating risk.
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tests: Why the representation of statistical information matters. In R. Bibace, J. D. Laird, K.
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Hutchinson, J. M. C., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Simple heuristics and rules of thumb: Where
psychologists and behavioural biologists might meet. Behavioural Processes, 69, 97–124.
Hutchinson, J. M. C., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Connecting behavioural biologists and
psychologists: Clarifying distinctions and suggestions for further work. Behavioural
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Krämer, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). How to confuse with statistics: The use and misuse of
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Mata, J., Dieckmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (2005). Verständliche Risikokommunikation, leicht
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2004
Gigerenzer, G. (2004). The irrationality paradox. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 336–338.
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Gigerenzer, G., Krauss, S., & Vitouch, O. (2004). The null ritual: What you always wanted to
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Hoffrage, U., & Gigerenzer, G. (2004). How to improve the diagnostic inferences of medical
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Kurz-Milcke, E. M., Gigerenzer, G., & Hoffrage, U. (2004). Representations of uncertainty and
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Marsh, B., Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2004). Cognitive heuristics: Reasoning the fast and
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2003
Gigerenzer, G. (2003). Why does framing influence judgment? Journal of General Internal
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Gigerenzer, G. (2003). The adaptive toolbox and life span development: Common questions? In U.
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Gigerenzer, G. (2003). Where do new ideas come from? A heuristic of discovery in cognitive
sciences. In M. C. Galavotti (Ed.), Observation and experiment in the natural and social
sciences (pp. 99–139). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.
Gigerenzer, G., & Edwards, A. (2003). Simple tools for understanding risks: From innumeracy to
insight. British Medical Journal, 327, 741–744.
Gigerenzer, G., & McElreath, R. (2003). Social intelligence in games: Comment. Journal of
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Lindsey, S., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2003). Communicating statistical DNA evidence.
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2002
Gigerenzer, G. (2002). Intelligente Heuristiken: Rationalität aus darwinistischer Sicht [Intelligent
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Gigerenzer, G. (2002). In the year 2054: Innumeracy defeated. In P. Sedlmeier & T. Betsch (Eds.),
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Hoffrage, U., Gigerenzer, G., Krauss, S., & Martignon, L. (2002). Representation facilitates
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2001
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health perspectives, pp. 481–505, by L. Bäckman & C. von Hofsten, Eds., 2002, Hove,
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Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Digital computer: impact on the social sciences. In N. J. Smelser & P. B.
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Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Decision making: Nonrational theories. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes
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Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Are we losing control? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 408–409.
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Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Ideas in exile: The struggles of an upright man. In K. R. Hammond & T. R.
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Gigerenzer, G., & Krauss, S. (2001). Statistisches Denken oder statistische Rituale: Was sollte man
unterrichten? [Statistical thinking or statistical rituals: How should we teach?]. In M.
Borovcnik, J. Engel, & D. Wickmann (Eds.), Anregungen zum Stochastikunterricht (pp.
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Gigerenzer, G., & Kurz, E. M. (2001). Vicarious functioning reconsidered: A fast and frugal lens
model. In K. R. Hammond & T. R. Stewart (Eds.), The essential Brunswik: Beginnings,
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Gigerenzer, G., & Selten, R. (2001). Rethinking rationality. In G. Gigerenzer & R. Selten (Eds.),
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Goldstein, D. G., Gigerenzer, G., Hogarth, R. M., Kacelnik, A., Kareev, Y., Klein, G., et al. (2001).
Why and when do simple heuristics work? In G. Gigerenzer & R. Selten (Eds.), Bounded
rationality: The adaptive toolbox (pp. 173–190). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Henrich, J., Albers, W., Boyd, R., Gigerenzer, G., McCabe, K. A., Ockenfels, A., et al. (2001).
What is the role of culture in bounded rationality? In G. Gigerenzer & R. Selten (Eds.),
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox (pp. 343–359). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Hoffrage, U., Kurzenhäuser, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Positive Mammographie = Brustkrebs?
Von den Schwierigkeiten im Umgang mit statistischen Informationen [Positive
mammography = breast cancer? The difficulties of understanding statistical information].
Schweizer Zeitschrift für Managed Care and Care Management, 3, 22–25.
Hoffrage, U., Lindsey, S., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Response to Brian Butterworth:
“Statistics: What seems natural?”. Science, 292, 853–855.
Sedlmeier, P., & Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Teaching Bayesian reasoning in less than two hours.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 380–400.
Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2001). Shepard’s mirrors or Simon’s scissors? Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 24, 704–705.
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toolbox. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 14, 381–383.
2000
Hoffrage, U., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Hindsight bias: A by-product of knowledge
updating? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26,
566–581.
Hoffrage, U., Kurzenhäuser, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Wie kann man die Bedeutung
medizinischer Testbefunde besser verstehen und komunizieren? [How to better understand
and communicate medical test results]. Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und
Qualitätssicherung, 94, 713–719.
Hoffrage, U., Lindsey, S., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Communicating statistical
information. Science, 290, 2261–2262.
Sedlmeier, P., & Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Was Bernoulli wrong? On intuitions about sample size.
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 13, 133–139.
Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2000). Précis of Simple heuristics that make us smart. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 23, 727–741.
Todd, P. M., Gigerenzer, G., & the ABC Research Group. (2000). How can we open the adaptive
toolbox? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 767–780.
1999
Gigerenzer, G. (1999). Mentale Fakultäten, methodische Rituale und andere Stolpersteine [Mental
faculties, methodological rituals, and other stumbling blocks]. Zeitschrift für Psychologie
mit Zeitschrift für angewandte Psychologie, 207, 287–297.
Gigerenzer, G. (1999). Einfluss statt Anpassung. Ein Kommentar zur Internationalisierung der
APA Zeitschriften [Influence rather than conformity: A commentary on the
internationalization of APA journals]. Psychologische Rundschau, 50, 111–113.
Gigerenzer, G., Czerlinski, J., & Martignon, L. (1999). How good are fast and frugal heuristics? In
J. Shanteau, B. Mellers, & D. Schum (Eds.), Decision science and technology: Reflections
on the contributions of Ward Edwards (pp. 81–103). Boston: Kluwer.
(Reprinted in Common sense, reasoning, and rationality, pp. 148–173, by R. Elio, Ed.,
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T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, & D. Kahneman, Eds., 2002, New York: Cambridge University
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Gigerenzer, G., & Goldstein, D. G. (1999). Betting on one good reason: The Take The Best
Heuristic. In Gigerenzer, G., Todd, P. M., & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics
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Gigerenzer, G., & Hoffrage, U. (1999). Overcoming difficulties in Bayesian reasoning: A reply to
Lewis and Keren and Mellers and McGraw. Psychological Review, 106, 425–430.
Gigerenzer, G., Rösler, F., Spada, H., Amelang, M., Bierhoff, H. W., Ferstl, R., et al. (1999).
Internationalisierung der psychologischen Forschung in Deutschland, Österreich und der
Schweiz: Sieben Empfehlungen [Internationalizing psychological research in Germany,
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Borges, B., Goldstein, D. G., Ortmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (1999). Can ignorance beat the stock
market? In Gigerenzer, G., Todd, P. M., & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics
that make us smart (pp. 59–72). New York: Oxford University Press.
Czerlinski, J., Gigerenzer, G., & Goldstein, D. G. (1999). How good are simple heuristics? In
Gigerenzer, G., Todd, P. M., & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics that make us
smart (pp. 97–118). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ehrenreich, H., Rinn, T., Kunert, H. J., Moeller, M. R., Poser, W., Schilling, L., Gigerenzer, G., &
Hoehe, M. R. (1999). Specific attentional dysfunctions in adults following early start of
cannabis use. Psychopharmacology, 142, 295–301.
Goldstein, D. G., & Gigerenzer, G. (1999). The recognition heuristic: How ignorance makes us
smart. In Gigerenzer, G., Todd, P. M., & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics that
make us smart (pp. 37–58). New York: Oxford University Press.
Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (1999). The “conjunction fallacy” revisited: How intelligent
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1998
Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Psychological challenges for normative models. In D. M. Gabbay & P.
Smets (Eds.), Handbook of defeasible reasoning and uncertainty management systems.
Vol. 1: Quantified representation of uncertainty and imprecision (pp. 441–467).
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Gigerenzer, G. (1998). We need statistical thinking, not statistical rituals. Behavioral and
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Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Ecological intelligence: An adaptation for frequencies. In D. D.
Cummins & C. Allen (Eds.), The evolution of mind. New York: Oxford University
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Scholz & A. C. Zimmer, Eds., 1997, Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science
Publishers)
(Translated into Chinese in Journal of Developments in Psychology, 2001, 9,
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Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Surrogates for theories. Theory & Psychology, 8, 195–204.
Gigerenzer, G., Hoffrage, U., & Ebert, A. (1998). AIDS counseling for low-risk clients. AIDS
CARE, 10, 197–211.
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Crupi, G. Gensini, & M. Motterlini, Eds., 2006. La dimensione cognitiva
dell’errore in medicina (pp. 185–203). Milano: FrancoAngeli)
Chase, V. M., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Visions of rationality. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 2, 206–214.
Hoffrage, U., & Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic
inferences. Academic Medicine, 73, 538–540.
Sedlmeier, P., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (1998). Are judgments of the positional
frequencies of letters systematically biased due to availability? Journal of
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1997
Gigerenzer, G. (1997). The modularity of social intelligence. In A. Whiten & R. W. Byrne
(Eds.), Machiavellian Intelligence II (pp. 264–288). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (1997). Bounded rationality: Models of fast and frugal inference. Swiss
Journal of Economics and Statistics, 133, 201–218.
Gigerenzer, G. (1997). Memory as knowledge-based inference: Two observations. In N. L.
Stein, P. A. Ornstein, B. Tversky, & C. J. Brainerd, (Eds.), Memory for everyday
and emotional events (pp. 445–452). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Hertwig, R., Gigerenzer, G., & Hoffrage, U. (1997). The reiteration effect in hindsight bias.
Psychological Review, 104, 194–202.
Hertwig, R., Ortmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (1997). Deductive competence: A desert devoid
of content and context. Cahiers des Psychologie Cognitive, 16, 102–107.
Kummer, H., Daston, L., Gigerenzer, G., & Silk, J. (1997). The social intelligence
hypothesis. In P. Weingart, S. D. Mitchell, P. J. Richerson, & S. Maasen (Eds.),
Human by nature. Between biology and the social sciences (pp. 157–179). Mahwah,
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Mitchell, S. D., Daston, L., Gigerenzer, G., Sesardic, N., & Sloep, P. B. (1997). The whys
and hows of interdisciplinarity. In P. Weingart, S. D. Mitchell, P. J. Richerson, & S.
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Ortmann, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (1997). Reasoning in economics and psychology: Why social
context matters. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 153, 700–710.
(Reprinted in Cognition, rationality, and institutions, pp. 131–145, by M. E.
Streit, U. Mummert, & D. Kiwit, Eds., 2000, Berlin: Springer)
Sedlmeier, P., & Gigerenzer, G. (1997). Intuitions about sample size: The empirical law of
large numbers. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 10, 33–51.
1996
Gigerenzer, G. (1996). The psychology of good judgment: Frequency formats and simple
algorithms. Medical Decision Making, 16, 273–280.
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approach, by V. Crupi, G. Gensini, & M. Motterlini, Eds., in press, Milan: Franco
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Gigerenzer, G. (1996). On narrow norms and vague heuristics: A reply to Kahneman and
Tversky. Psychological Review, 103, 592–596.
Gigerenzer, G. (1996). Rationality: Why social context matters. In P. Baltes & U. M.
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of cognition (pp. 319–346). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (1996). Why do frequency formats improve Bayesian reasoning? Cognitive
algorithms work on information which needs representation. Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, 19, 23–24.
Gigerenzer, G., & Goldstein, D. G. (1996). Reasoning the fast and frugal way: Models of
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(Reprinted in Judgment and decision making: An interdisciplinary reader, 2nd
ed., pp. 621–650, by T. Connolly, H. R. Arkes, & K. Hammond, Eds., 2000,
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press)
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Ed., 2001, Cheltenham, UK: Elgar)
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London: Sage).
(Reprinted in Judgement and decision making, by N. Chater, Ed., 2009, London:
Sage)
Gigerenzer, G., & Goldstein, D. G. (1996). Mind as computer: Birth of a metaphor.
Creativity Research Journal, 9, 131–144.
Gigerenzer, G., & Regier, T. (1996). How do we tell an association from a rule? Comment on
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Goldstein, D. G., & Gigerenzer, G. (1996). Satisficing inference and the perks of ignorance.
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reasoning. In G. Cottrell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the
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1995
Gigerenzer, G. (1995). The taming of content: Some thoughts about domains and modules.
Thinking & Reasoning, 1, 324–333.
Gigerenzer, G., & Hoffrage, U. (1995). How to improve Bayesian reasoning without
instruction: Frequency formats. Psychological Review, 102, 684–704.
(Reprinted in Reasoning processes in humans and computers: Theory and
research in psychology and artificial intelligence, by M. Wagman, Ed., 2003,
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers)
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1994
Gigerenzer, G. (1994). Why the distinction between single-event probabilities and
frequencies is relevant for psychology (and vice versa). In G. Wright & P. Ayton
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Gigerenzer, G. (1994). Where do new ideas come from? In M. A. Boden (Ed.), Dimensions
of creativity (pp. 55–74). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (1994). Psychology and probability: Two sides of the same coin. In I. GrattanGuinness (Ed.), Companion encyclopedia of the history and philosophy of the
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Keul, A., Gigerenzer, G., & Stroebe, W. (1994). Publikationen in internationalen
Zeitschriften: Ein Nachwort zur SSCI-Analyse [Publications in international
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1993
Gigerenzer, G. (1993). Die Repräsentation von Information und ihre Auswirkung auf
statistisches Denken [The representation of information and its effect on statistical
- 24 thinking]. In W. Hell, K. Fiedler, & G. Gigerenzer (Eds.), Kognitive Täuschungen
(pp. 99–127). Heidelberg, Germany: Spektrum.
Gigerenzer, G. (1993). Über den mechanischen Umgang mit statistischen Methoden [The
mechanical use of statistical methods]. In E. Roth & K. Heidenreich (Eds.),
Sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden: Lehr- und Handbuch für Forschung und Praxis.
(3rd, rev. and extended ed., pp. 607–618). Munich: Oldenbourg.
Gigerenzer, G. (1993). The bounded rationality of probabilistic mental models. In K. I.
Manktelow & D. E. Over (Eds.), Rationality: Psychological and philosophical
perspectives (pp. 284–313). London: Routledge.
Gigerenzer, G. (1993). From metaphysics to psychophysics and statistics. Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 16, 139–140.
Gigerenzer, G. (1993). The Superego, the Ego, and the Id in statistical reasoning. In G.
Keren & C. Lewis (Eds.), A handbook for data analysis in the behavioral sciences:
Methodological issues (pp. 311–339). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Keul, A., Gigerenzer, G., & Stroebe, W. (1993). Wie international ist die Psychologie in
Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz? Eine SSCI-Analyse [How international is
psychology in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland? An SSCI analysis].
Psychologische Rundschau , 44, 259–269.
1992
Gigerenzer, G. (1992). Discovery in cognitive psychology: New tools inspire new theories.
Science in Context, 5, 329–350.
Gigerenzer, G. (1992). Review of “Representing and reasoning with probabilistic
knowledge” by F. Bacchus. The American Journal of Psychology, 105, 498–501.
Gigerenzer, G., & Hug, K. (1992). Domain-specific reasoning: Social contracts, cheating,
and perspective change. Cognition, 42, 127–171.
1991
- 25 Gigerenzer, G. (1991). From tools to theories: A heuristic of discovery in cognitive
psychology. Psychological Review, 98, 254–267.
(Italian translation: Dagli strumenti alle teorie: Un'euristica della scoperta
scientifica in psicologia cognitiva. Nuova Civilta delle Macchine, 1992, 10, 38–
60)
(Reprinted in Historical dimensions of psychological discourse, pp. 336–359, by
C. F. Grauman & K. J. Gergen, Eds., 1996, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press)
Gigerenzer, G. (1991). Does the environment have the same structure as Bayes’ theorem?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 14, 495.
Gigerenzer, G. (1991). On cognitive illusions and rationality. In E. Eells & T. Maruszewski
(Eds.), Probability and rationality: Studies on L. Jonathan Cohen's philosophy of
science (Posnan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and Humanities No. 21)
(Vol. 21, pp. 225–249). Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Gigerenzer, G. (1991). How to make cognitive illusions disappear. Beyond “heuristics and
biases.” In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social
Psychology, (Vol. 2, pp. 83–115). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Gigerenzer, G., Hoffrage, U., & Kleinbölting, H. (1991). Probabilistic mental models: A
Brunswikian theory of confidence. Psychological Review, 98, 506–528.
(Reprinted in Research on judgment and decision making: Currents, connections,
and controversies, pp. 95–143, by W. M. Goldstein & R. M. Hogarth, Eds., 1996,
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press)
(Reprinted in Cognitive psychology in the three last decades of the 20th century,
by Z. Chlewinski, Ed., in press, Gdansk, Poland: Gdansk Psychology Publishing
Company)
Gergen, K. J., & Gigerenzer, G. (1991). Cognitivism and its discontents: An introduction to
the issue. Theory and Psychology, 1, 403–405.
1990
Gigerenzer, G. (1990). Strong AI and the problem of “second-order” algorithms. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 13, 663–664.
Gigerenzer, G., & Richter, H. R. (1990). Context effects and their interaction with
development: Area judgments. Cognitive Development, 5, 235–264.
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1989
Gigerenzer, G. (1989). The tools-to-theories hypothesis: On the art of theory construction in
cognitive psychology. In J. A. Keats, R. Taft, R. A. Heath & S. H. Lovibond (Eds.),
Proceedings of the XXIV International Congress of Psychology of the International
Union of Psychological Scienc (I.U.Psy.S.) Sidney, Australia, August 28-September
2, 1988: Vol. 4. Mathematical and theoretical systems (pp. 163–171). Amsterdam:
North-Holland.
Gigerenzer, G. (1989). A general algorithm for pattern classification? Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, 12, 764–765.
Gigerenzer, G. (1989). Kognitive Prozesse und Werkzeug-Metaphern: Antwort auf
Jungermann & Wiedemann und Schulz [Cognitive processes and tool metaphors: A
reply to Jungermann & Wiedemann and Schulz]. Psychologische Rundschau, 40,
33–35.
Daston, L., & Gigerenzer, G. (1989). The problem of irrationality. Review of “Patterns,
thinking, and cognition” by H. Margolis. A theory of judgment. Science, 244, 1094–
1095.
Sedlmeier, P., & Gigerenzer, G. (1989). Do studies of statistical power have an effect on the
power of studies? Psychological Bulletin, 105, 309–316.
(Reprinted in Methodological issues & strategies in clinical research, pp. 389–
406, by A. E. Kazdin, Ed., 1993, Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association)
1988
Gigerenzer, G. (1988). Woher kommen Theorien über kognitive Prozesse? [Where do
theories of cognitive processes come from?]. Psychologische Rundschau, 39, 91–
100.
(Reprinted in Die Psychologie und die Methodenfrage, pp. 109–127, by A.
Schorr, Ed., 1994, Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe).
Gigerenzer, G., Hell, W., & Blank, H. (1988). Presentation and content: The use of base rates
as a continuous variable. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception
and Performance, 14, 513–525.
- 27 Bruhn, H., & Gigerenzer, G. (1988). Multidimensionale Ähnlichkeitsstrukturanalyse (MDS)
in der Musikpsychologie [Multidimensional similarity structure analysis in the
psychology of music]. In G. Kleinen (Ed.), Musikpädagogische Forschung, Vol. 8:
Ausserschulische Musikerziehung (pp. 235–250). Laaber, Germany: Laaber Verlag.
Hell, W., Gigerenzer, G., Gauggel, S., Mall, M., & Müller, M. (1988). Hindsight bias: An
interaction of automatic and motivational factors? Memory and Cognition, 16, 533–
538.
1987
Gigerenzer, G. (1987). Das Portrait des Schülers im Übertrittsgutachten [The portrait of the
pupil in teachers’ evaluations]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 18, 191–208.
Gigerenzer, G. (1987). Survival of the fittest probabilist: Brunswik, Thurstone, and the two
disciplines of psychology. In L. Krüger, G. Gigerenzer, & M. Morgan (Eds.), The
probabilistic revolution: Vol. II: Ideas in the sciences (pp. 49–72). Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (1987). Probabilistic thinking and the fight against subjectivity. In L. Krüger,
G. Gigerenzer, & M. Morgan (Eds.), The probabilistic revolution. Vol.II: Ideas in
the sciences (pp. 11–33). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Gigerenzer, G. (1987). The probabilistic revolution in psychology. An overview. In L.
Krüger, G. Gigerenzer, & M. Morgan (Eds.), The probabilistic revolution. Vol. II:
Ideas in the sciences (pp. 7–9). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
1986
Gigerenzer, G. (1986). Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnis und die Rolle der Inferenzstatistik.
Anmerkungen zu E. Leiser [Scientific recognition and the role of inference statistics.
Comment on E. Leise]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 17, 183–189.
Gigerenzer, G., & Hell, W. (1986). Review of “Continuity and change in art: The
development of modes of representation” by S. J. Blatt. Annals of Science, 43, 310–
312.
1985
Gigerenzer, G. (1985). Der Repertory-Test [The repertory test]. In H. Bruhn, R. Oerter, & H.
Rösing (Eds.), Musikpsychologie (pp. 524–529). Munich: Urban & Schwarzenberg.
- 28 Gigerenzer, G. (1985). Räumliche Darstellung musikalischer Reize [Spatial representation of
musical stimuli]. In H. Bruhn, R. Oerter, & H. Rösing (Eds.), Musikpsychologie (pp.
509–513). Munich: Urban & Schwarzenberg.
Gigerenzer, G. (1985) Messung und Modellbildung [Measurement and modeling]. In H.
Bruhn, R. Oerter, & H. Rösing (Eds.), Musikpsychologie (pp. 485–494). Munich:
Urban & Schwarzenberg.
1984
Gigerenzer, G. (1984). External validity of laboratory experiments: The frequency-validity
relationship. American Journal of Psychology, 97, 185–195.
Gigerenzer, G. (1984). Lässt sich die Flächenwahrnehmung als „kognitive Algebra“
beschreiben? [Can perception of area be described as “cognitive algebra”?].
Psychologische Beiträge, 26, 113–119.
Gigerenzer, G. (1984). Messung, Modellbildung und die „kognitive Wende“ [Measurement,
modeling, and the “cognitive revolution”]. In M. Amelang & H. J. Ahrens (Eds.),
Brennpunkte der Persönlichkeitsforschung (Vol. 1, pp. 49–65). Göttingen,
Germany: Hogrefe.
Gigerenzer, G., & Bredenkamp, J. (Eds.) (1984). Psychophysik heute: Aktuelle Probleme und
Ergebnisse II [Psychophysics today: Current problems and results II].
Psychologische Beiträge, 26, 89–157.
Gigerenzer, G. (1984). Probabilidade e psicologia [Probability and psychology]. Jornal de
Psicologia, 3, 3–10.
Bredenkamp, J., & Gigerenzer, G. (1984). Einführung: Einige Gedanken zur
Kontextabhängigkeit der Wahrnehmung und des Urteils [Introduction: Thoughts on
the contextuality of perception and judgment]. Psychologische Beiträge, 26, 91–101.
Richter, H. R., & Gigerenzer, G. (1984). Erste Ergebnisse einer Längsschnitt-Studie zur
Entwicklung der Flächenwahrnehmung [First results of a longitudinal study on the
development of area perception]. Psychologische Beiträge, 26, 654–658.
1983
Gigerenzer, G. (1983). Interpretations of variability in the history of psychology. In
Probability since 1800: Interdisciplinary studies of scientific development. Workship
at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Bielefeld,
- 29 September 16–20, 1982 (Report Wirtschaftsforschung No. 25) (pp. 247–258).
Bielefeld: B. Kleine.
Gigerenzer, G. (1983). Informationsintegration bei Kindern: Eine Erwiderung auf Wilkening
[Children’s integration of information: A reply to Wilkening]. Zeitschrift für
Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 15, 216–221.
Gigerenzer, G. (1983). Über die Anwendung der Informations-Integrations-Theorie auf
entwicklungspsychologische Problemstellungen: Eine Kritik [The application of
information integration theory to developmental psychological problems: A
critique]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie,
15, 101–120.
Gigerenzer, G., & Strube, G. (1983). Are there limits to binaural additivity of loudness?
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 9, 126–
136.
1982
Gigerenzer, G. (1982). Der eindimensionale Wähler [The one-dimensional voter]. Zeitschrift
für Sozialpsychologie, 13, 217–236.
Gigerenzer, G. (1982). On the role of probability in psychology: L. L. Thurstone's solution to
the problem of measurement and its impact on psychological research today. In M.
Heidelberger & L. Krüger (Eds.), Probability and conceptual change in scientific
thought (pp. 129–139). Bielefeld, Germany: B. Kleine.
Gigerenzer, G. (1982). Alternativen zu Piagets Zentrierungshypothese und zur
Entwicklungspsychologischen These der „Informations-Integrations-Theorie“
[Alternatives to Piaget’s centering hypothesis and to the development psychological
thesis of information integration theory]. In R. Oerter (Ed.), Bericht über die 5.
Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie (Vol. 1, pp. 99–101). Augsburg, Germany:
Dokumentation der Universität.
Gigerenzer, G., & Sarris, V. (Eds.) (1982). Psychophysik heute: Aktuelle Probleme und
Ergebnisse [Psychophysics today: Current problems and results]. Psychologische
Beiträge, 24, 313–351.
Gigerenzer, G., & Strube, G. (1982). Axiomatische Analyse der Binauralen Additivität
[Axiomatic analysis of binaural additivity]. Psychologische Beiträge , 24, 326–329.
- 30 Sarris, V., & Gigerenzer, G. (1982). Einführung: Modell- und messtheoretische Aspekte der
Psychophysik [Introduction: Theoretical modeling and measurements of
psychophysics]. Psychologische Beiträge, 24, 315–321.
Sulz, K. D., & Gigerenzer G. (1982). Psychiatrische Diagnose und nosologische Theorie:
Untersuchungen zum individuellen Diagnoseschema des Arztes [Psychiatric
diagnosis and nosological theory: Investigations of doctors’ individual diagnostic
schemes]. Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, 232, 39–51.
Sulz, K. D., & Gigerenzer, G. (1982). Über die Beeinflussung psychiatrischer
Diagnoseschemata durch implizite nosologische Theorien [The influence of implicit
nosological theories on psychiatric diagnostic schemes]. Archiv für Psychiatrie und
Nervenkrankheiten, 232, 5–14.
1981
Gigerenzer, G. (1981). Implizite Persönlichkeitstheorien oder quasi-implizite
Persönlichkeitstheorien? Eine Begriffsklärung und eine Validitätsstudie zu
individuellen impliziten Theorien [Implicit personality theories or quasi-implicit
personality theories? A concept clarification and a validity study on individual
implicit theories]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 12, 65–80.
Gigerenzer, G. (1981). Analyse einer Analyse des Urteilprozesses bei der
Personenbeschreibung [Analysis of an analysis of the judgment process in
describing persons]. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 10, 192–195.
1978
Gigerenzer, G. (1978). Artefakte in der dimensionsanalytischen Erfassung von
Urteilsstrukturen [Artefacts in the multidimensional scaling of judgment structures].
Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 9, 110–116.
Gigerenzer, G., & Strube, G. (1978). Zur Revision der üblichen Anwendung
dimensionsanalytischer Verfahren [Revising the common application of
multidimensional scaling]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und
Pädagogische Psychologie, 10, 75–86.
1977
- 31 Gigerenzer, G. (1977). Nichtmetrische Dimensionsanalyse [Nonmetric multidimensional
scaling]. In Die Psychologie des 20. Jahrhunderts: Vol.5. Binet und die Folgen (pp.
713–737). Zürich: Kindler.
Gigerenzer, G. (1977). Mathematische Methoden zur Klassifikation von Personen
[Mathematical methods for classifying persons]. In Die Psychologie des 20.
Jahrhunderts: Vol. 5. Binet und die Folgen (pp. 738–759). Zürich: Kindler.
- 32 M.A. (Diploma) Theses Supervised
Marewski, Julian (2005). Is Ignorance useful and used? Applying the recognition heuristic to political elections. Freie
Universität Berlin.
Gärtner, Kathrin (2002 ). Interaktionskonzepte in der Psychologie vor und nach der Etablierung der mehrfaktoriellen
Varianzanalyse. Freie Universität Berlin.
Pachur, Thorsten (2002). Judgements of health risk frequencies: On people's sensitivity to information validities, the
effect of personal experience and the plausibility of ecological judgement models. Freie Universität Berlin.
Wilke, Andreas (2001). The rationality of emotions: Emotions as adaptions. Freie Universität Berlin.
Philipp, Otto (2000). Zur Verwendung von Entscheidungsstrategien: Folgt die Auswahl der Strategie einem adaptiven
Lernprozess? Freie Universität Berlin.
Rieskamp, Jörg (1997). Die Verwendung von Entscheidungsstrategien unter verschiedenen Bedingungen: Der
Einfluss von Zeitdruck und Rechtfertigung. Technische Universität Berlin.
Goldstein, D. G. (1994). The less-is-more effect in inference. University of Chicago.
Matern, Ulrich (1993). Representative design and the determinants of confidence in one's knowledge. Universität
Konstanz.
von Wolff, Annette (1993). Urteilsfehler in der Wissenschaft: Zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Psychologie der
Wissenschaft. Universität Konstanz.
Schlotterbeck, Mark (1992). Bayesianisches Schließen ohne Basisraten. „Natural-Sampling“ und das Taxi-Problem.
Universität Tübingen.
Blank, Hartmut (1991). Gedächtnis und Erinnern bei widersprüchlichen Infomationen: theoretische Üerlegungen und
ein Experiment. Universität Konstanz.
Kilcher, Horst (1991). Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Overconfidence-Phänomen: zur Bedeutung der
Aufagbenzusammenstellung und zur Vorhersage von Confidence-Angaben. Universität Konstanz.
Kurz, Elke (1991). Die Psychologie in der Philosophie Karl R Poppers: Der Einfluss Karl Bühlers. Universität
Konstanz.
Hoffrage, Ulrich (1989). Das „Overconfidence“- Phänomen. Menschliche Unzulänglichkeit oder methodisches
Artefakt? Universität Konstanz.
Sattler de Sousa e Brito, Heide (1986). Geruch und Emotion. LMU München.
Bärnreuther, Gisela (1985). Die Entwicklung der Idee des Zufalls beim Kinde. Analyse der Position von Piaget und
Inhelder. LMU München.
Brandl, Erhard (1978). Die implizite Persönlichkeitstheorie im Übertrittsgutachten zur höheren Schule. LMU
München.
Steffen, Marianne (1978). Methodenkritische Untersuchungen zu Struktur und Prognosewert von Schulnoten unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung des Übertrittszeugnisses. LMU München.
Papst, Olga (1977). Überprüfung der Realibilität und Validität der Erfassung individueller Urteilsstrukturen. LMU
München.
- 33 Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised
Von Helversen, Bettina (2008). Quantitative estimation from multiple cues: Test and application of a new cognitive
model. Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Mata, Jutta (2008). Healthy food choice: How environment and cognition determine what we eat. Humboldt
Universität Berlin.
Scheibehenne, Benjamin (2008). The effect of having too much choice. Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Schwan, Gunnar (2007). Acceptance of screening tests for colorectal cancer – The effect of test features on the
willingness of use by medical experts and patients in Germany and the US. Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Wegwart, Odette (2007). Deciding the fast and frugal way on the application of pharmacodiagnostic tests in cancer
care? A comparative study of oncologists’, pathologists’, and cancer patients’ decision making in Germany
and the USA. Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Gaissmaier, Wolfgang (2007). The mnemonic decision maker: How search in memory shapes decision making. Freie
Universität Berlin.
Biele, Guido Phillip Emmanuel (2005). No man is an island: Cooperation in groups and social learning. Freie
Universität Berlin.
Gummerun, Michaela (2005). The development of prosocial behavior: Integrating psychological, economic and
evolutionary perspectives. Freie Universität Berlin.
Mata, Rui (2005). The aging decision maker: Cognitive aging and the use of decision strategies. Freie Universität
Berlin.
Oliviera, Miguel (2005). Broken rationality: The ecological rationality of simple inference heuristics. Universität
Coimbra.
Pachur, Thorsten (2005). Ecological rationality: Do samples in memory reflect the world? Freie Universität Berlin.
Wilke, Andreas (2005). Evolved responses to an uncertain world. Freie Universität Berlin.
Diekmann, Anja (2004). The ecological rationality of heuristics and their building blocks: The making of adaptive
decisions. Freie Universität Berlin.
Kurzenhäuser, Stefanie (2003). Natural frequencies in medical risk communication: Applications of a simple mental
tool to improve statistical thinking in physicians and patients. Freie Universität Berlin.
Krauss, Stefan (2001). Teaching statistical thinking. Freie Universität Berlin.
Rieskamp, Jörg (2001). Simple strategies for social interactions: How to generate trust and fairness. Freie Universität
Berlin.
Chase, Valerie Magaret (1999). Where to look to find out why: Rational information search in causal hypothesis
testing. University of Chicago.
Goldstein, D. G. (1997). Models of bounded rationality for inference. University of Chicago.
Eden, Berna Kilinc (1997). The one and the many of frequentism. University of Chicago.
Hertwig, Ralph (1995). Why Dr. Gould's homomculus doesn't think like Dr. Gould: The "conjunction fallacy"
reconsidered. Universität Konstanz.
Stolze, A. (1995). The neglect of Abraham Wald’s sequential analysis and when and why it would be useful in
psychology. Universität Salzburg.
Hoffrage, Ullrich (1994). Zur Angemessenheit subjektiver Sicherheits-Urteile: Eine Exploration der Theorie der
probalistischen mentalen Modelle. Universität Salzburg.
Sedlmeier, Peter (1992). Untersuchungen zu einem Lehr-Lern-System zum Urteilen unter Unsicherheit. Universität
Konstanz.
Richter, Hans R. (1986). Untersuchungen zur Flächenwahrnehmung. LMU München.
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Talks and Symposia
2008
Principles or rational, intuitive, and careful decision making. Wintershall Executives Meeting. Kassel, October 2008.
Intuition: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Keynote. Worlddidac. Basel, Ocotober 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Private Universität Lichtenstein. Ocotober 2008.
Die Reaktion von Menschen auf Terroranschläge. Internationales Symposium des Bundeskriminalamts Wiebaden.
Magdeburg, October 2008.
Wie können junge Menschen besser auf eine moderne technologische WElt vorbeteitet werden? Expertenkommision
“Familie” der Bertelsmann Stiftung, October 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbesusten. Göttinger Literaturherbst, October 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen und Kommunkation. Eclat AG, Erlenbach, Switzerland, October 2008.
Gut feelings: Short cuts to better decision making. Public Lecture. London School of Economics, October 2008.
Risiko-Kommunikation. 8. Münchener Wissenschaftstage, Universität München, October 2008.
Ratio contra Intuition. KPMG Unternehmer Forum München, October 2008.
The rationality of heuristics: Ignoring information for better decisions. Westminster Business School, London.
September 2008.
Mindful and mindless statistics. International Max Planck Research School, Jena, August 2008.
The evolution of statistical thinking. International Max Planck Research School, Jena, August 2008.
Helping doctors understanding screening tests. International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, July 2008.
The role of intuition in decision. “Original Brunswik” Meeting, Landau, July 2008.
Helping doctors and patients understanding health statistics. Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology
and Economics, Berlin, July 2008.
What is bounded rationality? Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Berlin, July
2008.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit und die Kunst der Risikokommunikation. Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-Stiftung München,
July 2008.
Intuition: The intelligenz of the unconscious. Summer School Milano, Catholic University, July 2008.
Bauchentscheideungen: die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Hochschule für Philosophie, München, June 2008.
Bauchentscheideungen: die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Evangelische Stadtakademie München, June 2008.
Bauchentscheideungen: Die Erforschung der Intuition. Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-Stiftung München, June 2008.
Wer denken will, muss fühlen. Keynote, VW Stiftung, Hannover, June 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Erforschung der Intuition. Arbeitgeberverband der Versicherungen, Wuppertal, June 2008.
- 35 Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious. Keynote, 30th Congress of the Society for Literature, Science &
the Arts, Berlin, June 2008.
Intuition: die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Universitätsvorlesung “The beauty of theory”, Freie Universität Berlin,
June 2008.
Heuristics and decision making: the art of ignoring information. Ringvorlesung “Kognitionswissenschaft”, Humbodt
Universität Berlin, June 2008.
Ist mehr Information immer besser? 5. ACATIS Value Konferenz, Frankfurt, May 2008.
The ecological rationality of heuristics. Invited Speaker, APS 20 th Annual Convention, Chicago, May 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB)
Pfingsttagung, Berlin 2008.
Risk communication. University Pompeo Fabra, Barcelona, April 2008.
The illusion of certainty. Keynote, Swiss Re Expert Hearing Ris Communication. Zurich, April 2008.
Der Charakter der Wissens-Gesellschaft – Möglichkeiten, Herausforderungen, Grenzen. Euler Hermes
Kreditversicherungs-AG Hamburger Dialog, April 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Lehmanns Buchhandlung Leipzig. April 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Keynote, InterPM 2008, Glashütten/Frankfurt, April 2008.
Can heuristics be rational? Department of Sociology, ETH Zurich. April 2008.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Festvortrag, 20. Symposion Praktische Kieferorthopädie. Berlin, April 2008.
Gut Feelings. 12th Conference on Science and Society. Madrid, March 2008.
Ursachen gefühlter Risiken. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Wissenschaft, Berlin, March 2008.
Decision making with heuristics. Berlin School of Mind and Brain, March 2008.
Intuition: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. 25. Kongress für Klinische Psychologie, Psycholtherapie und Beratung.
Berlin, March 2008.
Gut Feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. Business School, University of Lausanne, February 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen. Landesbank Berlin, Max Liebermann Haus, February 2008.
Risikoabschätzung in der Medizin. Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung, Berlin, February 2008.
How to help doctors understanding risks. University of California, Riverside, February 2008.
Gut feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. Behavioral, Social, and Computer Sciences Seminar Series,
University of California, San Diego, February 2008.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Daimler AG, Berlin, January 2008.
2007
Less is more. International Max Planck Research School “Uncertainty,” Berlin, December 2007.
Introduction to the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition. Report to the Advisory Committee of the Max
Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, December 2007.
- 36 Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Engelberger Symposium, November 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Universität Basel, November 2007.
Qualität der Gesundheitsinformation für Bürger und Patienten. Herbst-Symposium, Institut für Qualität und
Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen, Köln, November 2007.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Einstein Forum, Potsdam, November 2007.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Fachhochschule Ludwigsburg, November 2007.
How to understand risks. International Max Planck Research School LIFE, Berlin, November 2007.
Ursachen gefühlter Risiken. Festveranstaltung 5 Jahre Bundesanstalt für Risikobewertung, Berlin, November 2007.
Warum es gute Gründe gibt, sich auf sein Bauchgefühl zu verlassen. Evangelische Akademie, Zentrum für Ethik,
Markus-Krankenhaus Frankfurt, November 2007.
Choices without trade-offs. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, November 2007.
Bauchentscheidungen: Die Intelligenz des Unbewussten. Innovationspreis Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin, November
2007.
Bauchentscheidungen. Kunsthalle Stuttgart, October 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Ärztliche Weiterbildung für Gynäkologen, Region Süd, Bayer-Schering, Berlin, September
2007.
Gut feelings. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen. September 2007.
Fast and frugal heuristics: Models of bounded rationality. Summer Institute, International Max Planck Research
School, Jena, August 2007.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Summer Institute on Informed Patient Choice. Dartmouth, NH, July 2007
Fast and frugal heuristics: Models of bounded rationality. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, June 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Ärztliche Weiterbildung für Gynäkologen, Region Nord-Ost, Bayer-Schering, Berlin, June
2007.
Bauchentscheidungen. Ernst & Young Symposium, Berlin, June 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Ärztliche Weiterbildung für Gynäkologen, Region Nord-West, Bayer-Schering, Berlin, June
2007.
Qualität, Transparenz und Wirkung der Patienteninformation. Verwaltungsrat Barmer Ersatzkasse, Bad Kissingen,
June 2007.
Ilusion der Gewissheit. Festvortrag, 50. Kasseler Symposium: Sepsis als interdisziplinäre Herausforderung. Kassel,
May 2007.
Cognition and information processing in shared decision making. Keynote lecture, 4 th International Shared Decision
Making Conference, Freiburg, May 2007.
Gut feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. Keynote, European Cognitive Science Conferenc, Delphi, May
2007.
Zwischen Illusion und Information: Der Umgang mit Krebsrisiken. Radio Bremen und Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg,
May 2007.
- 37 Wie funktioniert Intuition? Zentrum “Geschichte des Wissens” ETH Zurich, May 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Ärztliche Weiterbildung für Gynäkologen, Region Mitte, Bayer-Schering, Berlin, May 2007.
Risikokommunikation. Ärztliche Weiterbildung für Gynäkologen, Region West, Bayer-Schering, Berlin, April 2007.
Gut Feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. Winton Capital Lecture, Imperial College London, April 2007.
Lernen mit Unsicherheiten zu leben. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung und der
Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik. Berlin, March 2007.
Gefühltes Wissen – Die Erforschung der Intuition. Waldshuter Arbeitsmedizinische Gespräche, Geseke, March 2007.
Intuition: The adaptive intelligence of the unconscious. 8. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft,
Saarbrücken, March 2007.
Gefühltes Wissen – Die Erforschung der Intuition. Waldshuter Arbeitsmedizinische Gespräche, Waldshut, March
2007.
What is bounded rationality? Department of Economics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, March 2007.
Learning to live with uncertainty. International Symposium on Early Education and Human Brain Development.
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, March 2007.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Abendvortrag, 20 Jahre Krebsinformationsdienst. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum,
Heidelberg, February 2007.
Gut feelings and decision making. Joint Meeting of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and ABC. Berlin, February
2007.
Statistisches Denken: Warum und wie? Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, January 2007.
The unconscious and decision making. Keynote. Strategic Forecasting and Emerging Threats Conference, ETH
Zurich, January 2007.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Baiersdorf, Hamburg, January 2007
2006
Die Illusion der Gewissheit: Die Kunst der Risikokommunikation. Festvortrag, Charité, Berlin, December 2006.
Risk and rules of thumb. Applied Knowledge Meeting, Kloster Andechs, Germany, December 2006.
Uncertainty in medicine: XI Annual Meeting of the Italian Cochrane Society, Rome, November 2006.
How does intuition work? 22nd Annual International Meeting of the Brunswik Society, Houston, TX, November 2006.
Why should fast and frugal heuristics be of interest to Brunswikians? 22 nd Annual International Meeting of the
Brunswik Society, Houston, TX, November 2006.
Illusionen des Wissens. WISSENSWERTE special, Bremen, November 2006
Heuristic decision making and aging. MaxnetAging Conference IV, Naples, Italy, November 2006.
Internationalisierung der Psychologie in Deutschland. 45. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie,
Nuremberg, Germany, September 2006.
- 38 Publishing without perishing: How to publish in journals with high impact rates (with Michael Frese). 45. Kongress
der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Nuremberg, Germany, September 2006.
Wie funktioniert Intuition? 45. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Nuremberg, Germany,
September 2006.
Bewusstsein und Entscheidung. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, September 2006.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? GAP.6 (Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie), Berlin, September
2006.
How does intuition work? Symposium in Honor of Ken Hammond, Berlin, September 2006.
Choices without trade-offs. Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Berlin, August
2006.
The Superego, the Ego, and the Id in statistical reasoning. Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology
and Economics, Berlin, August 2006.
What is bounded rationality? Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics. Berlin, August
2006.
Do doctors understand risks? Keynote, Berlin Conference on Expertise in Context, Berlin, July 2006.
The scientist’s role in accurate news coverage. EuroScience Open Forum, Munich, July 2006.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Conference on “The probabilistic mind: Prospects for rational models of cognition.” Gatsby
Computational Neuroscience Unit, London, June 2006.
Krebs-Massenscreening. Die Angst vor der Ungewissheit. Urban Krankenhaus, Berlin, June 2006.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Daxia Forum, East China Normal University, Shanghai, May 2006.
Fast and frugal heuristics. China European Business School, Shanghai, May 2006.
Reckoning with risk. Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2006.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2006.
Statistics as a ritual. Workshop “La politique des grands nombres. Autour d’Alain Desrosieres.” Max Planck Institute
for the History of Sciences, Berlin, May 2006.
Umgang mit Risiken. Tagung der Studienstiftung, Burg Rothenfels/Main, May 2006.
Risiko-Kommunikation: Arzt und Patient. Schering, Berlin, May 2006.
Bayes bei Kindern? 7. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Klagenfurt,
April 2006.
Homo Heuristicus: Wie entscheidet man, wenn man wenig Zeit und Wissen hat? Keynote, 7. Wissenschaftliche
Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Klagenfurt, April 2006.
Gut feelings: The intelligence of the unconscious. Inaugural Peter M. O’Farrel Lecture on Original Thinking in
Investing and Finance, Boston Security Analysts Society, Boston, April 2006.
Risiko-Kommunikation: Arzt und Patient. Schering, Berlin, March 2006.
- 39 Rekognitions-Heuristik: Entscheidungen mit Halbwissen. 48. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Mainz,
March 2006.
Lernen mit Unsicherheit (umzugehen). Stochastik-Tagung, Frankfurt, March 2006.
Diagnose. Aber wie? Horten Zentrum Zurich, Hittisau, February 2006.
Choices without trade-offs: Fast and frugal heuristics. Department of Economics, University of Bonn, February 2006.
Entscheidung und Risiko. Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, January 2006.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Rotary Club Berlin-Humboldt, Berlin, January 2006.
2005
The risk of communicating risk. Meeting on Numeracy and Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD,
December 2005.
What is bounded rationality? North Carolina State University, Raleigh, November 2005.
Fast and frugal heuristics: The adaptive toolbox. Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen,
November 2005.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Inaugural lecture, Humboldt University, Berlin, November 2005.
The risks of communicating risks. Ohio State University, November 2005.
What is bounded rationality? Center for the History of Sciences, University of Chicago, October 2005.
Paternalism: Judgment biases. Institute on the Logic and Limits of Contract Law for Judges, Tucson, AZ, October
2005.
The ABC of ABC. Conference on Adaptive Behavior and Cognition: Past, Present, and Future, Berlin, October 2005.
Evolutionary perspectives on reasoning in medicine. Autumn School on Evolutionary Medicine, Humboldt University,
Berlin, October 2005.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Keynote, Tagung der Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft, Basel, September 2005.
The illusion of certainty. 2nd International Congress, Deutsche Sepsis Gesellschaft e. V., Weimar, September 2005.
Sequential search heuristics: Choice without trade-offs. Summer Institute for Bounded Rationality in Psychology and
Economics, Jena, August 2005.
Fast and frugal heuristics. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 2005.
The illusion of certainty. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 2005.
The illusion of certainty. 5th Summer School “Psychiatry as a Science,” Berlin, June 2005.
The rationality debate: Is the mind boundedly rational and what does it mean? Old Theatre, London School of
Economics, June 2005.
How rational are hunches? School of Law, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, May 2005.
Statistik: Illusion oder Gewissheit. Jahrestagung Deutscher Medizinjournalisten, Berlin, May 2005.
- 40 Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Festvortrag, 76. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-OhrenHeilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e. V. Erfurt, May 2005.
Learning to live with risk and uncertainty. University of Coimbra, Portugal, April 2005.
Entscheiden unter Unsicherheit. Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, April 2005.
Macht Halbwissen klug? 6. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks für evidenz-basierte Medizin, Berlin, March 2005.
Pro und Kontra Krebsfrüherkennung. Podiumsdiskussion. Erste offene Krebskonferenz der Deutschen
Krebsgesellschaft, Berlin, February 2005.
Zahlen und Risiken im Aufklärungsgespräch. Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, February 2005.
Einfache Entscheidungsregeln für komplexe Probleme. Deutche Adademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle,
January 2005.
Are cognitive illusions illusory? Winter Institute for Bounded Rationality, Bangalore, India, January 2005.
The rationality debate: A personal view. Winter Institute for Bounded Rationality, Bangalore, India, January 2005.
Institutions as cognitive environments. Winter Institute for Bounded Rationality, Bangalore, India, January 2005.
Wie funkioniert Intuition? University of Hamburg, January 2005
2004
Fast and frugal heuristics: The adaptive toolbox. Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference,
Vancouver, Canada, December 2004
Why evidence on risks does not travel well. LSE Risk, Uncertainty, and Decision making Conference, London,
December 2004.
Die Mathematisierung der Natur. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, December 2004
Einfache Entscheidungsregeln für komplexe Probleme. Department of Economics, Humboldt University, Berlin,
November 2004.
Zahlen und Statistiken in der Wissenschaft – wie man sie richtig versteht und vermittelt. Kongress der BertelsmannStiftung, Bremen, Germany, November 2004.
Die Bedeutung von Zahlen und die Macht der Illusionen. Charité, Benjamin Franklin Campus, Berlin, November
2004.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, October 2004.
Judgment and decision making: Does it develop? LIFE Fall Academy, Dölln, Germany, October 2004.
Von Bernoulli zu kognitiven Heuristiken. 44. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Göttingen,
Germany, September 2004.
Die Weisheit des Praktikers. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin,
Potsdam, Germany, September 2004.
What is bounded rationality? Fourth Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Berlin,
August 2004.
- 41 Simple heuristics that make us smart. Third International Summer School “Causality, uncertainty, and ignorance.”
University of Constance, August 2004.
Optimalität, Komplexität und Universalität: Drei verführerische Ideale in Ökonomie, Philosophie und Psychologie.
University of Munich, July 2004.
Thinking and decision making. Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking, Munich, July 2004.
The evolution of cognitive mechanisms. Debate with Keith Stenning. Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin
July 2004.
Inconsistency and satisficing: Comment on Kacelnik. Conference on the Value of Inconsistency, Venice, July 2004.
Das Irrationalitäts-Paradox: Die Rationalitäts-Debatte in den Sozialwissenschaften. University of Munich, July 2004.
Fast and frugal heuristics. International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in
Knowledge-based Systems (IPMU), Perugia, Italy, July 2004.
Begrenzte Rationalität: Eine adaptive Intelligenz des Unbewusten? University of Munich, July 2004.
Kommunikation von Nutzen und Risiken bei Diagnostik und Behandlung. 2. Kongress Qualitätssicherung in
ärztlicher Hand zum Wohle des Patienten. Düsseldorf, June 2004.
Das Einmaleins des statistischen Denkens. Department of Mathematics, University of Munich, June 2004.
Wie funktioniert Intuition? University of Munich, June 2004.
Ist mehr Information immer besser? 5. Dahlemer Ökonomievorlesung. Free University Berlin, June 2004.
Rationality in the real world. Two lectures. 2004 Programs for Judges: Science in the Courts, Santa Fe, NM, June
2004.
Blatt Kritik: Berliner Zeitung. Berlin, June 2004.
Dahlem Workshop on “Heuristics and the Law.” Co-organizer (together with Christoph Engel). Berlin, June 2004.
Der unmündige Patient und der zahlenblinde Arzt. University of Munich, June 2004.
Fast and frugal heuristics: An adaptive intelligence of the unconscious? Keynote lecture, Society for the Quantitative
Analysis of Behavior, Boston, May 2004.
How heuristics shape moral actions. Conference on the Psychology and Biology of Morality, Dartmouth, NH, May
2004.
Die Illusion der Sicherheit. Lernen mit Unsicherheit zu leben. University of Munich, May 2004.
Die Illusion der Sicherheit. Department of Psychology, University of Basel, May 2004.
Less is more: The benefits of cognitive limits. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Virginia, May 2004.
How intuition works. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, May 2004.
Uninformed consent: Innumerate physicians and scared patients. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Virginia, April 2004.
Are heuristics a problem or a solution? School of Law, University of Virginia, April 2004.
- 42 The illusion of certainty: Learning to live with uncertainty. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Virginia, April 2004.
Are we fools of chance? Discussion with Nassim Taleb. Burda Media, Munich, March 2004.
Fast and frugal heuristics: Rationality without optimization. Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, March 2004.
Modelle begrenzter Rationalität. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, March 2004.
Bewertung und Vermittlung gesundheitsbezogener Risiken. Institut für medizinische und pharmazeutische
Prüfungsfragen, Mainz, Germany, March, 2004.
Frugal heuristics: Rationality without optimization. Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin, February
2004.
From tools to theories: Reflections on the “cognitive revolution” in psychology. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie
der Wissenschaften, January, 2004.
Die Unmündigkeit des Patienten und die Zahlenblindheit des Arztes. Pressekonferenz Gesundheitspolitik, Berlin,
January 2004.
2003
Fast and frugal heuristics: The adaptive toolbox. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, December
2003.
Begrenzte Rationalität: Vom Nutzen einfacher Heuristiken. Bühler Colloquium, TU Dresden, Germany, December
2003.
Hirnforschung/Abläufe von Unternehmensentscheidungen. Podium discussion. Deutsches Museum, Bonn, Germany,
December 2003.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit: Wie kann man Risiken verstehen statt verdrängen? Einstein Forum, Berlin, November
2003.
Das Einmaleins der Skepsis: – Über den richtigen Umgang mit Zahlen und Risiken. Wittheit zu Bremen, Germany,
November 2003.
Rationalität: Psychologische Perspektiven. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, November
2003.
La scienza dell’incertezza. Quando i numeri ingannano. Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy, October 2003.
Bounded rationality: The study of fast and frugal heuristics. Centre for Economic Policy Research, Berlin, October
2003.
The flight from subjectivity: How statistical thinking ended up as a statistical ritual. London School of Economics,
October 2003.
Experten sprechen anders. Podium discussion, Kleisthaus, Berlin, September 2003.
Die Illusion der Gewissheit. Stiftung Jugend Forscht, Bonn, Germany, August 2003.
Smart heuristics: Medical decision making. Keynote lecture, 19th conference on Subjective Probability Utility and
Decision Making (SPUDM). Zurich, August 2003.
- 43 What is bounded rationality: A psychologist’s perspective. Third Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in
Psychology and Economics. Berlin, August 2003.
Risk communication. Medical Education Center, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, June 2003.
Professionals and probabilities: From innumeracy to insight. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, June
2003.
Judgment and decision making. Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago, June 2003.
Smart heuristics: The adaptive toolbox. Department of Economics, University of Chicago, June 2003.
Rationality and evolutionary psychology. Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, June 2003.
Less is more: How smart heuristics work. Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles,
May 2003.
Less is more: How smart heuristics work. Key note lecture, Sixth International Conference on Naturalistic Decision
Making, Pensacola, FL, May 2003.
We need statistical thinking, not statistical rituals. Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, May 2003.
Smart heuristics: A Darwinian approach to cognition. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 2003.
Calculated risks: How to understand probabilities. Department of Psychology, Indiana University, April 2003
Smart heuristics: An adaptive intelligence of the unconscious? Workshop for Political Theory and Policy Analysis,
Indiana University, April 2003.
Smart heuristics: An adaptive intelligence of the unconscious? Tufts University, Medford, MA, April 2003.
Reckoning with risk: How to understand probabilities. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
March 2003.
Smart heuristics: An adaptive intelligence of the unconscious? Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, March 2003.
What is bounded rationality? An introduction to fast and frugal decision making. Wall Institute, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, March 2003.
Smart heuristics: An adaptive intelligence of the unconscious? Philosophy Colloquium, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, March 2003.
What cognitive science tells us about understanding risks and uncertainties. Department of Psychology, University of
British Columbia, Canada, March 2003.
Fast and frugal decision making. Sloan Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, March
2003.
Fast and frugal decision making. Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science, University of Quebec, Montreal,
Canada, February 2003.
Cognition the fast and frugal way. Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, February
2003.
Reckoning with risk: How to understand probabilities. Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, NY,
February 2003.
- 44 Rationality the fast and frugal way. Department of Economics, New York University, February 2003.
Cognition the fast and frugal way. Business School, Columbia University, New York, January 2003.
Cognition and statistical inference. Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, January 2003.
2002
Reckoning with risk: How to treat physicians’ innumeracy. Social Psychology Seminar, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, December 2002.
Rationality the fast and frugal way. Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2002.
Uncertainty and decision. Medical Training in “Decision Making.” Bern, Switzerland, November 2002.
What is bounded rationality? Conference on “The law and economics of irrational behavior.” George Mason
University, Arlington, VA, November 2002.
Cognition the fast and frugal way. Harvard Psychology Colloquium, MA, October 2002.
Calculated risks: Learning to live with uncertainty. First Positive Psychology Summit, Washington, DC, October 2002.
Herbert Simon’s models of mind. 43. Kongress, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Berlin, September 2002.
Publishing without perishing: How to publish in journals with high impact rates (with Michael Frese). 43. Kongress,
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Berlin, September 2002.
Adaptive Kognition. 43. Kongress, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Berlin, September 2002.
Cognition the fast and frugal way. Invited address, 110th Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Chicago, August 2002.
What is bounded rationality? Second Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Berlin,
August 2002.
Rationality the fast and frugal way. Behavioral Research Council, Great Barrington, MA, July 2002.
Rationality the fast and frugal way. Boston Security Analysts Society, Boston, July 2002.
Reckoning with risk: Learning to live with uncertainty. University College London, July 2002.
Rationality the fast and frugal way. Public lecture and seminar, Old Theatre, London School of Economics, London,
July 2002.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. Invited lecture, Fifth Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game
and Decision Theory. Turin, Italy, June 2002.
Intention, spite, and repudation. Comment on Falk, Fehr & Fischbacher. Workshop on causes and management of
conflicts. Wörlitz, Germany, June 2002.
Ärztliche Berufssprache heute – Implikationen für die Fortbildung. Symposium der Nordrheinischen Akademie für
ärztliche Fort- und Weiterbildung. Cologne, Germany, June 2002.
Ist mehr Information immer besser? Rationale Entscheidungen in einer unsicheren Welt. Incorporate, Berlin, June
2002.
- 45 Adaptive Heuristiken in den Sozialwissenschaften. Workshop “Computergestützte Analyse evolutionärer
Optimisierungsprozesse in komplexen Systemen.” Blankensee, Germany, May 2002.
Die Freiheit des Individuums in der Konsumgesellschaft. Podium discussion, Humboldt-Forum Wirtschaft, Humboldt
University, Berlin, May 2002.
Sequential search for cues. Workshop “Information sampling.” University of Heidelberg, Germany, May 2002.
The psychology of fast and frugal heuristics. University of Glasgow, UK, April 2002.
Cognition the fast and frugal way: Towards a Darwinian rationality. University of Pittsburgh, OH, February 2002.
What is bounded rationality? Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
OH, February 2002.
Wie kann man Risiken besser verstehen und kommunizieren? Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Regensburg, Germany, February 2002.
Die Rationalität von kognitiven Heuristiken. Departments of Psychology and Philosophy, University of Regensburg,
Germany, February 2002.
Verwirrung durch Wahrscheinlichkeiten: Risikokommunikation zwischen Experten und Laien. Institut für Forensische
Psychiatrie, Free University Berlin, January 2002.
Wie kommuniziert man Risiken? Abendvortrag, 26. Interdisziplinäres Forum der Bundsärztekammer, Cologne,
Germany, January 2002.
2001
Statistik im medizinischen Alltag – wie kann man Risiken besser verstehen und vermitteln? Klinikum rechts der Isar,
Munich, December 2001.
Erfolgreiche Entscheidungen fällen: Wieviel Wissen benötigen wir dafür? Urania, Berlin, November 2001.
Entscheidungen unter Zeitdruck und mit begrenztem Wissen. General Administration, Max Planck Society, Munich,
October 2001.
Die unmündige Patientin? Risikokommunikation zwischen Ärzten und Patienten. Projekt Diplompatientin, Augsburg,
Germany, October 2001.
Where do new ideas come from? Heuristics of discovery in cognitive sciences. European Science Foundation
Workshop on “Observation and experiment in the natural and social sciences,” Bertinoro, Italy, September
2001.
What is bounded rationality? First Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, Berlin,
August 2001.
Exploring the adaptive toolbox. Invited address, 13th Annual Convention, American Psychological Society, Toronto,
Canada, June 2001.
Statistische Rituale oder statistisches Denken? University of Dresden, Germany, May 2001.
Better decisions with less knowledge? Key note lecture, Second Siemens Knowledge Management Conference.
Munich, May 2001.
Communicating statistical information. University of Coimbra, Portugal, May 2001.
- 46 Current state of research on fast and frugal heuristics. Keynote lecture, 12th Oklahoma-Kansas Judgment and Decision
Making Meeting. Manhattan, KS, April 2001.
Communicating statistical information. Kansas State University, April 2001.
Adaptive styles of decision making: The fast and frugal way. DaimlerChrysler Berlin Seminar, March 2001.
The adaptive toolbox: Cognition the fast and frugal way. University of California, San Diego, February 2001.
Decision making by heuristics. Workshop on “Complex systems, complex problems making inference from science to
policy,” hosted by the USDA Forest Service and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
Santa Barbara, CA, February 2001.
Adaptive Strategien in einer komplexen Welt. University of Saarbrücken, Germany, January 2001.
2000
Die Evolution der Intelligenz. Urania, Berlin, December 2000.
Fast and frugal decision making. Seminar “Capturing knowledge –representing thoughts.” Think Tools AG,
Tarrytown, NY, December 2000.
Smart heuristics: Bounded rationality and the adaptive toolbox. Distinguished Speaker in Cognitive Science, Michigan
State University, Lansing, December 2000.
Adaptive Heuristiken. Konferenz “Wissen, Nichtwissen, unsicheres Wissen,” Potsdam, Germany, December 2000.
Innumeracy and modern technologies. Workshop on “Convergence and diversity of European societies – Legal and
economic, social and cultural aspects of the research framework,” Brussels, Belgium, November 2000.
Soziale Rationalität. 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Jena, Germany, September 2000.
Understanding uncertainties. Ninth Annual Conference of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Salzburg, Austria, September 2000.
Ecological rationality. Workshop on “Ecological psychology for the 21st century,” 27th International Congress of
Psychology. Stockholm, Sweden, July 2000.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. Keynote lecture, 27th International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm,
Sweden, July 2000.
The adaptive toolbox. Keynote lecture, Millenium Meeting of the Brunswik Society, Berlin, July 2000.
Evolutionary aspects of decision making. Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth, NH, July 2000.
Adaptive Heuristiken. Tagung “Verhalten in komplexen Systemen,” TU Chemnitz, Germany, June 2000.
Kommunikation von Risiken. 3. Berliner Evidence Based Medicine Kurs. Charité, Berlin, May 2000.
Umgang mit Unsicherheit. Einsiedler Symposium 2000, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, May 2000.
Heuristics and Homo economicus. Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 2000.
How to reckon with risks: Cognitive psychology and the law. School of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
April 2000.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2000.
- 47 Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. University of North Carolina, Greenboro, April 2000.
Adaptive thinking: The ecological rationality of minds. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Lincoln, March 2000.
Evolution der Intelligenz. Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum, Paderborn, Germany, March 2000.
Medical decision making. Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA, February 2000.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, February
2000.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
February 2000.
1999
Simple heuristics that make us smart. Workshop on Optimality Theory, Potsdam, Germany, December 1999.
Simple heuristics that make us smart. CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, November 1999.
Mind as computer: The social origin of a metaphor. Conference on Social Constructivism, Berlin, November 1999.
Adaptive Heuristiken. University of Potsdam, Germany, October 1999.
Soziale Rationalität. Keynote Lecture, 7. Tagung Pädagogische Psychologie. Fribourg, Switzerland, September 1999.
Bounded rationality: How good are fast and frugal heuristics? 15th Conference of the International Federation of
Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Beijing, China, August 1999.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. Summer school of the German American Academic Council, Bielefeld,
Germany, July 1999.
Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox. Keynote Lecture, XXIV Annual Colloquium, International Association for
Research in Economic Psychology, Belgirate, Italy, July 1999.
Charakteristika von Lernheuristiken: Zum Stand der einschlägigen kognitionspsychologischen Forschung. Tagung
“Evolution, Tradition und Rationalität,” Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, June 1999.
Understanding uncertainty and risk: From innumeracy to insight. Symposium “It has been proven that … The
precarious nature of scientific evidence,” ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 1999.
Modelle ersetzen Wirklichkeit. Lecture and podium discussion. Jenaer Jahrhundertvorlesungen, University of Jena,
Germany, May 1999.
Rationality: The challenge from evolutionary psychology. Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical
Association, New Orleans, LA, May 1999
Simple heuristics that make us smart. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, April 1999.
Internationalisierung der Psychologie in Deutschland. Opening lecture, 41. Tagung experimentell arbeitender
Psychologen, Leipzig. Germany, March 1999.
Dahlem Workshop on “Bounded rationality: The adaptive toolbox.” Co-organizer (together with R. Selten). Berlin,
March 1999.
- 48 Bounded rationality: Fast and frugal heuristics. Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
January 1999.
How to understand probabilities. School of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, January 1999.
Evolutionary Psychology Meeting (Organizer: Stephen Stich), University of California, Santa Barbara, January 1999.
1998
The adaptive toolbox: Models of bounded rationality. Workshop on “Making choices,” Center for Interdisciplinary
Research, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1998.
Bounded rationality. Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, December 1998.
Kognitive Heuristiken und begrenzte Rationalität. Innovationskolleg Theoretische Biologie, Berlin, December 1998.
Schloessmann Seminar on “The expert in modern societies: Historical and contemporary perspectives.” Organizer.
Berlin, November 1998.
Wie rational sind Heuristiken? Humboldt University Berlin, November 1998.
Unsicherheit, Risiko und Rationalität. Inaugural lecture, Free University Berlin, October 1998.
Internationalisierung der deutschsprachigen Psychologie. 41. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie,
Dresden, Germany, September/October 1998.
Adaptives Denken. 41. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Dresden, Germany, September/October
1998.
Methodenlehre - Eine Standortbestimmung. Podium discussion. 41. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
Psychologie, Dresden, Germany, September/October 1998.
Cognitive fallacies. Invited symposium, 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 1998.
The relevance of evolutionary psychology to cognitive science. Invited tutorial, Cognitive Science Society
Meeting, University of Madison, WI, August 1998.
Ecological intelligence. Plenary address, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, University of California,
Davis, July 1998.
“Ecological Intelligence” and “Simple heuristics that make us smart.” Taft Lectures, University of Cincinnati,
OH May 1988.
Ärztliche Entscheidungen. Department of Psychiatry, Free University Berlin, May 1998.
Probability and Intuition. Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva, Switzerland, April 1998.
Simple heuristics that make us smart. University of California, Santa Barbara, March 1998.
Ecological intelligence: An adaptation for frequencies. Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, March 1998
Simple heuristics that make us smart. First UVACHI Modeling and Simulation Conference, University of Virginia,
March 1998.
Simple heuristics that make us smart. Ecole Normal Superieur, Cachan, France, March 1998.
- 49 Adaptive reasoning: How minds tame an uncertain world. Plenary speaker, Eleventh Vancouver Cognitive
Science Conference, Canada, February 1998.
Adaptive Heuristiken versus Rationalität. Sonderforschungsbereich Rationalitätskonzepte, University of Mannheim,
Germany, February 1998.
Rationalität und adaptives Verhalten. Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg,
Austria, January 1998.
1997
Adaptives Denken versus Rationalität. Free University Berlin, December 1997.
How good are fast and frugal heuristics? Workshop on Bounded Rationality, University of Bielefeld, Germany, December 1997.
Comment on Ken Hammond’s “One or two JDM societies.” Judgment and Decision Making Society, Philadelphia, PA, November
1997.
A fast and frugal lens model. Thirteenth Annual International Invitational Meeting of the Brunswik Society,
Philadelphia, PA, November 1997.
My view of rationality. Lund University, Sweden, October 1977.
Simple heuristics that make us smart. Uppsala University, Sweden, October 1997.
Simple heuristics that make us smart. University of Gothenburg, Sweden, October 1997.
Are we rational? University of Gothenburg, Sweden, October 1997.
Fast and frugal inference: Models of bounded rationality. Workshop on Bounded Rationality. University of Bonn,
Germany, May 1997.
The Superego, the Ego, and the Id in statistical reasoning. International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin,
April 1997.
Social computers. International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin, April 1997.
Adaptive Strategien im menschlichen Urteil. Neurocolloquium, University of Ulm, Germany, April 1997.
Unsicherheit: Bestimmendes Element unseres Lebens. Bayerische Motorenwerke Regensburg, Germany, April 1997.
Ecological rationality: Simple heuristics that make us smart. Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, OH, March
1997.
Dreams, demons, and bounded rationality. Kansas State University, Manhattan, March 1997.
Savage Memorial Lecture: How good is satisficing? 35th Annual Bayesian Research Conference. Studio City, CA,
February 1997.
1996
Berührungsängste mit evolutionsbiologischem Wissen. Doctoral workshop in social psychology, University of Constance,
Germany, December 1996.
Rationalität und Denken. University of Greifswald, Germany, November 1996.
Introducing satisficing models of inference and how they affect our notions of sound reasoning and rationality. Judgment and
Decision Making Society, Chicago, November 1996.
- 50 Models of satisficing inferences. Symposium, Judgment and Decision Making Society, Chicago, November 1996.
Discussant. Characterizing human psychological adaptations. Ciba Foundation Symposium, London, October 1996.
Heuristics and biases versus ecological intelligence. Workshop on economics and psychology, Studienzentrum
Gerzensee, Switzerland, October 1996.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Dreams and divorces. Keynote lecture, Third International Conference
on Thinking, University College London, August 1996.
Adaptives Verhalten und Kognition. 40. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Munich, September
1996.
Evolutionary Psychology and Adult Cognition. Symposium “Cognitive development beyond childhood: Wisdom and
the pragmatics of life,” Geneva, Switzerland, September 1996.
Reasoning the fast and frugal way: Models of bounded rationality. XXVI International Congress of Psychology,
Montreal, Canada, August 1996.
Reasoning and Rationality. Symposium, XXVI International Congress of Psychology, Montreal, Canada, August
1996.
Kognitive Täuschungen und rationales Verhalten. University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 1996.
Rationality and ecological intelligence. Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, June 1996.
Rituale im statistischen Schließen. Ernst Schröder Colloquium, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, May
1996.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Models of bounded rationality. Ohio State University, April 1996.
1995
The social context of rationality. Conference on “Rethinking – but not unthinking – the Enlightenment,” Berlin,
1995.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Cornell University, NY, 1995.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Models of bounded rationality. Conference on Epistemology and
Evolutionary Psychology, Rutgers University, NJ, 1995.
New developments in judgment and decision making. Invited lecture, 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical
Decision Making, Tempe, AZ, 1995.
Die Rationalität des Schlussfolgerns. Noon lecture, 37. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen,
Bochum, Germany, 1995.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Bowling Green State University, OH, 1995.
The illusory grip of “cognitive illusions”: How to improve statistical reasoning without really trying. University of
Arizona, Tucson, 1995.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? University of Arizona, Tucson, 1995.
The Superego, the Ego, and the Id in statistical reasoning. Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago, 1995.
1994
- 51 The fast and frugal way to near-optimal inference: Bounded rationality the Brunswikian way. Tenth Annual
International invitational Meeting of the Brunswik Society, St. Louis, MO, 1994.
Psychologie des Denkens (Five lectures). 3. Herbstschule für Kognitionswissenschaft, University of Freiburg,
Germany, 1994.
Artificial creativity. Center for Interdisciplinary Study, Bielefeld, Germany, 1994.
How to make cognitive illusions disappear. Becker & Coleman's Rational Choice Seminar, University of Chicago,
1994.
Von kognitiven Täuschungen zu kognitiven Algorithmen. University of Trier, Germany, 1994.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? University of Illinois at Champaign, 1994.
How to make the mind reason the Bayesian way. Mathematics Education Group, University of Chicago, 1994.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994.
1993
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Ecole Polytechnique, CREA, Paris, 1993.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993.
Mental models from a Brunswikian viewpoint. Ninth Annual International invitational Meeting of the Brunswik
Society, Washington, DC, 1993.
Teaching statistical thinking: The role of information representation. Pew workshop “Laboratories and research
demonstrations in teaching introductory and mid-level psychology courses,” Carleton College, MN, 1993.
Social rationality: Evolutionary psychological perspectives. Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin,
1993.
Four questions about the cognitive revolution. Workshop on “The cognitive revolution?”, Helsingør, Denmark, 1993.
Can reasoning be rational and psychological? Boston University, 1993.
Probabilistic mental models and bounded rationality. Invited address, 14th Research Conference on Subjective
Probability, Utility, and Decision Making (SPUDM), Aix-en-Provence, France, 1993.
Almost rational mind: “Satisficing” and probabilistic reasoning. Invited address, 101st Annual Convention, American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, 1993.
Beyond heuristics and biases. Rethinking judgment under uncertainty. University of Austin, TX, 1993.
1992
Where do we go from here? After heuristics and biases. (with a rejoinder by Daniel Kahneman). Invited address,
Judgment and Decision Making Society, St. Louis, MO, 1992.
Cognitive illusions illusory? Rethinking judgment under uncertainty. XXV International Congress of Psychology.
Brussels, Belgium, 1992.
Are cognitive illusions illusory? University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.
Cognitive illusions illusory? Rethinking judgment under uncertainty. CREA, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1992.
Wie rational ist unser Denken und wie denken wir über Rationalität? Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University
of Bielefeld, Germany, 1992.
Rethinking judgment under uncertainty. Invited address, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1992.
Probabilistic reasoning. Inaugural conference . European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Louvain, Belgium,
1992.
- 52 1991
Where do new ideas come from? Achievement Project Symposium, Kent, England, 1991.
The role of statistics in discovery: How new tools shape new ideas. Tilburg University, Netherlands, 1991.
Cognitive illusions illusory? Rethinking judgment under uncertainty. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1991.
Piaget in the 90s. Tagung für Entwicklungspsychologie, Universität of Cologne, Germany, 1991.
Probabilistic reasoning: Four Lectures, Summer University, Växjö, Sweden, 1991.
Wie institutionalisierte Methoden zu kognitiven Theorien werden. Über den vernachlässigten Forschungsalltag.
Catholic University Eichstätt, Germany, 1991.
Can evolutionary biology help to understand statistical reasoning? Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of
Bielefeld, Germany, 1991.
Domain-spezifische Theorien des Denkens: Cosmides’ Social Contracts and Cheng & Holyoak’s Pragmatic Reasoning
Schemata, 33. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Giessen, Germany, 1991.
Haben Menschen zuviel Vertrauen in ihr Wissen? University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1991.
1990
How methods of justification turn into metaphors of mind. University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1990.
Where theories come from: How statistical methods turn into theories of mind. University of Bologna, Italy, 1990.
Is rationality about probability theory or natural environments? Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of
Bielefeld, Germany, 1990.
Kognitive Illusionen – wie wir sie zum Verschwinden bringen. Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research,
Munich, 1990
Jenseits von Heuristiken und Biases: Wie kognitive Illusionen zum Verschwinden gebracht werden können. 37.
Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Kiel, Germany, 1990.
Probabilistic mental models: Confidence judgments. Nags Head Conference Center, NC, 1990.
How to make “cognitive illusions” disappear (with a rejoinder by Daniel Kahneman). Berkeley Cognitive Science
Program, Berkeley, CA, 1990.
Statistical models of thinking: A re-evaluation. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA, 1990.
How to make “cognitive illusions” disappear: Beyond heuristics and biases. Massachusetts Institute for Technology,
Cambridge, 1990.
Statistical models of thinking: A re-evaluation. University of Chicago, 1990.
Beyond heuristics and biases: How to make cognitive illusions disappear. University of California at Irvine, 1990.
On cognitive illusions. University of California, Berkeley, 1990.
Beyond heuristics and biases: How to make cognitive illusions disappear. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1990.
Discovery and scientists’ tools of justification. University of California, Los Angeles, 1990.
Confidence in one’s knowledge. 28th Bayesian Research Conference, Studio City, CA, 1990.
Beyond heuristics and biases: How to make cognitive illusions disappear. Stanford University, CA, 1990.
Haben Menschen zu viel Vertrauen in ihr Wissen? University of Tübingen, Germany, 1990.
1989
- 53 From tools to theories: Reflections on theory construction in cognitive psychology. Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, 1989.
Theory revision in cognitive psychology. Lund University, Sweden, 1989.
Kognitive Metaphern und Kognitive Illusionen. University of Freiburg, Germany, 1989.
Probabilistisches Denken. University of Basel, Switzerland, 1989.
1988
Kognitive Täuschungen und Rationalität. University of Bern, Switzerland, 1988.
From tools to theories: On theory construction in cognitive psychology. University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1988.
How statistics became institutionalized and turned into metaphors of mind. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
1988.
Die Abhängigkeit der wahrgenommenen Fläche von der Form: Kontexteffekte im Urteil von Kindern. University of
Frankfurt, Germany, 1988.
From tools to theories: On theory construction in cognitive psychology. XXIV International Congress of Psychology,
Sydney, Australia, 1988.
Über kognitive Illusionen, Heuristiken und Rationalität. University of Tübingen, Germany, 1988.
Induktives Denken, kognitive Täuschungen und Rationalität. University of Salzburg, Austria, 1988; University of
Munich, 1988; University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1988.
Subjektive Theorien und kognitive Illusionen. University of Mannheim, Germany, 1988.
Vertrauen in das eigene Wissen: Wann tritt “overconfidence” nicht auf? 30. Tagung experimentell arbeitender
Psychologen, Marburg, Germany, 1988.
Einige Reflektionen über Rationalität und Wahrscheinlichkeit. Technical University, Berlin, 1988.
1987
Alternatives in psychological methodology and its implications for educational research. City University, NY, 1987.
On the history of significance testing in psychology. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1987
Cognitive illusions. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1987.
Cognition and rationality. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987.
Cognitive illusions. Purdue University, IN, 1987.
Kognition als intuitive Statistik: Wie aus Methoden Theorien werden. University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1987.
Über die Verwendung von Basisraten-Information. 29. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Aachen,
Germany, 1987.
Heuristiken im Denken: Über Fehler bei Forschern und ihren Versuchspersonen. University of Münster, Germany,
1987.
Kognition als intuitive Statistik. University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1987.
1986
Messen und Testen: Gepflogenheiten, Kritik und Möglichkeiten. Biometrisches Kolloquium, Ulm, Germany, 1986.
1985
- 54 Informations-Integrations-Theorie und Flächenwahrnehmung. Einfache Lösung für ein scheinbar einfaches Problem?
University of Trier, Germany, 1985.
Probabilistic thinking and the mechanization of knowledge. York University, Toronto, Canada, 1985.
The intuitive statistician: Origins and transformations of the probabilistic metaphor of Man. Queen's University,
Kingston, Canada, 1985.
Assimilation: Coombs, Piaget und ökologische Parteien. University of Bern, Switzerland, 1985.
Forschungsmethoden: Werkzeuge oder Theorien? Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, 1985.
1984
“Gott würfelt nicht”: Die Toleranz von Unsicherheit in der Psychologie. University of Constance, Germany, 1984.
A note on the role of scaling, contextual, and memory effects in psychophysical judgments. XXIIIrd International
Congress of Psychology, Acapulco, Mexico, 1984.
Erste Ergebnisse einer Längsschnittstudie zur Entwicklung der Flächenwahrnehmung. 26. Tagung experimentell
arbeitender Psychologen, Nuremberg, Germany, 1984.
Über das Schicksal probabilistischer Ideen: Am Beispiel von Egon Brunswik und L. L. Thurstone. Max Planck
Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany, 1984.
Der modelltheoretische Ansatz in der Messtheorie und die “kognitive Wende.” University of Trier, Germany, 1984.
1983
Studien zur kognitiven Organisation von komplexem Reizmaterial. University of Constance, Germany, 1983.
Informationsintegration und Wahrnehmungsentwicklung: kontroverse Sichtweisen und mögliche Lösungen. 6. Tagung
Entwicklungspsychologie. Regensburg, Germany, 1983.
Informations-Integrations-Theorie und kognitive Entwicklung. University of Constance, Germany, 1983.
Mathematical models in perception and psychophysics. Pre-Conference for the International Congress of Psychology.
Acapulco/Mexico; University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1983.
Parteipräferenzen: Über die Assimilation neuer politischer Parteien in das Links-Rechts-Schema. University of
Bielefeld, Germany, 1983.
Über das Scheitern additiver Hypothesen bei Phänomenen aus der visuellen und akustischen Wahrnehmung.
University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1983.
Lässt sich Flächenwahrnehmung als “kognitive Algebra” beschreiben? 25. Tagung experimentell arbeitender
Psychologen. Hamburg, Germany, 1983.
Entwicklung der Informationsverarbeitung: Sind additive und multiplikative Modelle hinreichend? University of
Braunschweig, Germany, 1983.
Reflexivität als Erklärungsideal in der Psychologie. USP Wissenschaftsforschung, University of Bielefeld, Germany,
1983.
1982
Egon Brunswik and Louis Leon Thurstone: Interpretations of probability. Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1982.
Axiomatisierung von psychologischen Theorien. Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Munich, 1982.
Der eindimensionale Wähler: Konformität und individuelle Unterschiede im politischen Wahlverhalten. Technische
Hochschule Aachen, Germany, 1982.
- 55 Interpretations of variability in the history of psychology. Symposium on historical development and systematic perspective in probabilistic formalization of psychological theories. Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1982.
Axiomatische Analyse der Binauralen Additivität. 24. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Trier,
Germany, 1982.
1981+
Zur Entwicklung von Strategien der Informations-Integration: Universelle Entwicklungsverläufe oder systematische
individuelle Unterschiede? Hochschule der Bundeswehr, Hamburg, Germany, 1981.
Entwicklungsstufen der Informations-Integration. University of Constance, Germany, 1981.
Alternativen zu Piagets Zentrierungshypothese und zur Entwicklungsthese der Informations-Integrations-Theorie. 5.
Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Augsburg, Germany, 1981.
On the role of probability in psychology. Symposium on “Probability and conceptual change in scientific thought.”
Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1981.
Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Entwicklung der Flächenwahrnehmung: Eine Lösung der Piaget-Anderson
Kontroverse durch eine Drei-Prozesse-Theorie “Diskrimination-Zentrierung-Integration.” 23. Tagung
experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Berlin, 1981.
Untersuchungen zu impliziten Persönlichkeitstheorien. Hochschule der Bundeswehr, Munich, 1981.
Implikationsthese und Divergenz-Artefakt. Zur Werkzeugfunktion und modellbildenden Funktion mathematischer
Methoden in der psychologischen Forschung. University of Heidelberg, Germany 1979.
Empirische Methoden und Verfahren zur Überprüfung der Wechselwirkung zwischen Gesellschaft und
Theater/Spiel/Interaktion. Experten-Arbeitstagung der Europäischen Akademie Berlin für Dramaturgen,
Autoren, Theaterwissenschaftler und Pädagogen, Berlin, 1978.
Zur Darstellung individueller impliziter Persönlichkeitstheorien. Modell, Methode und Untersuchungen zur
Reliabilität und Validität. 20. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Marburg, Germany, 1978.
Sprachliche Begriffssysteme in der Personenbeurteilung. 18. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Bochum,
Germany, 1976.