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Laurie Santos: Uma economia dos macacos tão irracional como a nossa

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Laurie Santos investiga as raízes da irracionalidade humana observando a forma como os nossos parentes primatas tomam decisões. Uma série de experiências inteligentes em "macaconomia" mostra que algumas das escolhas tolas que fazemos, são também feitas pelos macacos.

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 »

Translated into Portuguese by Inês Tomás Pereira
Reviewed by Sofia Nunes
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