Taking the best for learning.
Examples of how animals learn when multiple, sometimes redundant, cues are present provide further examples not considered by Hutchinson and Gigerenzer that seem to fit the principle of taking the best. "The best" may the most valid cue in the present circumstances; evolution may also produce species-specific biases to use the most functionally relevant cues.
Shettleworth
Sara J
SJ
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3. shettle@psych.utoronto.ca
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