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Laurie Santos : L'économie des singes aussi irrationnelle que la nôtre.

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Laurie Santos recherche les racines de l'irrationalité humaine en observant la prise de décision de nos cousins les primates. Une série d'expériences intelligentes en "singéconomie" nous montre que certains de nos choix idiots sont aussi effectués par les singes.

Laurie Santos studies primate psychology and monkeynomics -- testing problems in human psychology on primates, who (not so surprisingly) have many of the same predictable irrationalities we do. Full bio »

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