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The aim is to understand human cognition through optimal use of limited computational resources.

Resource-rational analysis: Understanding human cognition as the optimal use of limited computational resources

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Resource-rational analysis integrates rational principles with cognitive constraints to enhance understanding of cognition.

The aim is to understand human cognition through optimal use of limited computational resources.
Developed a new cognitive modeling paradigm called resource-rational analysis.
Integrated rational models with cognitive constraints from economics, psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics.
Leveraged optimality principles to analyze neural representations and cognitive processes.
Resource-rational models effectively reconcile impressive cognitive skills with observed irrationality.
Provided insights into the debate on human rationality.
Connected psychological theory with fields like artificial intelligence and economics.

Lieder et al. (2019) studied this question.

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