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How we make good decisions with poor information

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Mike Wills
Jan 15, 2023
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Every day we make thousands of decisions based on imperfect information. Now, in a study of rhesus monkeys, a team of researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the University of Washington has observed primates making decisions based on the probabilities of getting a good outcome (Probabilistic Decision Making).

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