title: All thumbs?
abstract: In this otherwise insightful line of investigation, some aspects of rules of thumb (RoT) remain underspecified: their evolution and function, how they are selected for a task, how they are learned, and the dependence of their apparent simplicity on their embodiment and context. Theories of operant and respondent conditioning may serve as the theoretical framework required to flesh out those details.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Box 871104, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104, USA. federico.sanabria@asu,edu
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanabria
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Killeen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008962:Models, Theoretical