Articles

  • Dubova, M., Chandramouli, S., Gigerenzer, G., Grünwald, P., Holmes, W., Lombrozo, T., Marelli, M., Musslick, S., Nicenboim, B., Ross, L., Shiffrin, R., White, M., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Bürkner, P.-C., & Sloman, S. J. (2025). Is Occam’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony. PNAS, 122 (5), e2401230121. DOI

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    Gigerenzer, G., Allen, C., Gaillard, S., Goldstone, R. L., Haaf, J., Holmes, W. R., Kashima, Y., Motz, B., Musslick, S. & Stefan, A. (2025). Alternative models of funding curiosity-driven research. PNAS, 122 (5). e2401237121. DOI

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    Trueblood, J. S., Allison, D. B., Field, S. M., Fishbach, A., Gaillard, S. D. M., Gigerenzer, G., Holmes, W. R., Lewandowsky, S., Matzke, D., Murphy, M. C., Musslick, S., Popov, V., Roskies, A. L.,ter Schure, J., & Teodorescu, A. R. (2025). The misalignment of incentives in academic publishing and implications for journal reform. PNAS, 122 (5), e2401231121. DOI

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  • Gigerenzer, G. (2024). The rationality wars: A personal reflection. Behavioral Public Policy.

    Gigerenzer, G., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2024). Uncertainty about paternity: A study on deliberate ignorance. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1399995. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1399995

    Saltelli, A., Gigerenzer, G., Hulme, M., Katsikopoulos, K. V., Melsen, L. A., Peters, G. P., Pielke, R. Jr., Robertson, S., Stirling, A., Tavoni, M., & Puy, A. (2024). Bring digital twins back to earth. WIREs Climate Change. doi: 10.1002/wcc.915

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Geleitwort. In F.-J. Fischer (Ed.), Risikoadjustierung und individualisierte Medizin (pp. 13–14). Kohlhammer.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). AI in an uncertain world: Response to Krueger’s review of How to Stay Smart in a Smart World. American Journal of Psychology, 137, 74-77.

    Artinger, F., & Gigerenzer, G. (2024). How heuristic pricing shapes the aggregate market: The “cheap twin paradox.” Industrial and Corporate Change. DOI

    Gigerenzer, G., & Langenbucher, K. (2024, August 3). Verbrauchergerechtes Kredit-Scoring ist möglich. Börsen-Zeitung, 148.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Can psychology learn from the natural sciences? Theory & Psychology, 34(3), 295–310.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Schlafwandelnd in die Überwachung. Zeitschrift für Organisationsentwicklung, 3, 65–66.

    Capraro, V., Lentsch, A., Acemoglu, D., Akgun, S., Akhmedova, A., Bilancini, E., Bonnefon, J-F., Brañas-Garza, P., Butera, L., Douglas, K. M., Everett, J. A. M., Gigerenzer, G., Greenhow, C., Hashimoto, D. A., Holt-Lunstad, J., Jetten, J., Johnson, S., Longoni, C., Lunn, P., Natale, S., Rahwan, I., Selwyn, N., Singh, V., Suri, S., Sutcliffe, J., Tomlinson, J., van der Linden, S., van Lange, P. A. M., Wall, F., van Bavel, J. J., Viale, R. (2024). The impact of generative artificial intelligence on socioeconomic inequalities and policy making. PNAS Nexus,3(6), Article page 191. DOI

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Democracy needs statistical literacy. Foreword to J. Ridgway (Ed.), Teaching statistics for empowerment and social engagement: Resources for teaching civic statistics to develop informed citizens (pp. v-vii). Springer.

    Gigerenzer, G., Mousavi, S., & Viale, R. (2024). Introduction: Simon says. In G. Gigerenzer, S. Mousavi, & R. Viale (Eds.), Elgar Companion to Herbert Simon (pp. 1–4). Edward Elgar

    Gigerenzer, G., & Goldstein, D. (2024). Herbert Simon on mind as computer. In G. Gigerenzer, S. Mousavi, & R. Viale (Eds.), Elgar Companion to Herbert Simon (pp. 15–32). Edward Elgar.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). From bounded rationality to ecological rationality. In G. Gigerenzer, S. Mousavi, & R. Viale (Eds.), Elgar Companion to Herbert Simon (pp. 148–175). Edward Elgar.

    Reb, J., Luan, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Smart heuristics for smart management: How leaders can make effective decisions in a VUCA world. Asian Management Insights, March Issue, 34-39.

    Schmidt, S. (2024). Wenn der Bauch "spricht": Intuition und deren Auswirkung auf Entscheidungen und Handlungen von Polizistinnen und Polizisten [Prof. Dr. Sandra Schmidt im Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer (Berlin)]. Die Polizei, (7), 262–267.

  • Gigerenzer, G. (2023). Psychological AI. Perspectives on Psychological Science. DOI

    Gigerenzer, G. (2024). Wahrscheinlichkeiten verstehen und begreifen: Anforderungen an Bildung und Kommunikation. In O. Renn & U. Kuhlmann (Eds.), Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheit. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Ed.), Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheit: Streitgespräch in den Wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen der Versammlung der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften am 26. November 2021 und am 3. Juni 2022 (pp. 17–22). Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

    Woike, J. K., Hertwig, R., & Gigerenzer, G. (2023). Heterogeneity of rules in Bayesian reasoning: A toolbox analysis. Cognitive Psychology, 143, 101564. DOI

    Gigerenzer, G. (2023). Wider die mentale Pandemie der Zahlenblindheit. In S. Turner & S. Russ-Mohl (Eds.), Deep Journalism: Redaktionelle Domänenkompetenz als Erfolgsfaktor (pp. 139-144). Herbert von Halem Verlag.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2023). All in the numbers. In M. N. Wise, M. S. Morgan, E. Didier, L. Daston, & S. de Chadarevian (eds.). Ted’s numbers (pp. 44-47). Rounded Globe.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2023). How do narratives relate to heuristics? Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 46, 43-44. doi:10.1017/S0140525X22002710, e94

    Gigerenzer, G. (2023). Heuristic. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds). Dictionary of ecological economics (pp. 266–267). Edward Elgar.

    Sabel, B. A., Knaack, E., Gigerenzer, G., & Bilc, M. (2023). Fake publications in biomedical science: Red-flagging method indicates mass production. MedRxiv, October 18, 2023. DOI

  • Artinger, F., Gigerenzer, G. & Jacobs, P. (2022). Satisficing: Integrating two traditions. Journal of Economic Literature, 60, 598–635. doi:10.1257/jel.20201396

    Wang, Y., Luan, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Modeling fast-and-frugal heuristics. PsyCH Journal, 11(4), 600–611.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). The idea of a peculiarly female intelligence: A brief history of bias masked as science. In R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence in context: The cultural and historical foundations of human intelligence (pp. 93–120). Palgrave-Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92798-1_5

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). One data point can beat big data. Behavioral Scientist, August 31. Article

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Psychologie des Risikos: Warum eine freie Gesellschaft risikokompetente Bürger braucht. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), 72, 26–32.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Why we read. In J. Greywoode (Ed.), Why we read (pp. 60–62). Penguin Books.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Simple heuristics to run a research group. PsyCH Journal, 11, 275–280. doi:10.1002/pchj.533

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Digitale Risikokompetenz: Wer steuert unser Verhalten? FIfF Kommunikation, 39, 20–24.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Entscheiden unter Ungewissheit. In K. Korte, G. Scobel, & T. Yildiz (Eds.), Heuristiken des politischen Entscheidens (pp. 25–43). Suhrkamp.

    Gigerenzer, G., Reb, J., & Luan, S. (2022). Smart heuristics for individuals, teams, and organizations. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 9, 171–198. doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012420-090506

    Gigerenzer, G. (2022). We need to think more about how we conduct research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, 35–37. doi:10.1017/S0140525X21000327

    Gigerenzer, G., Hurrelmann, K., Jonitz, G., & Schaeffer, D. (2022). Deutschland braucht eine Agentur für Gesundheitskommunikation: Plädoyer für eine Neuaufstellung der Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung. Gesundheitswesen, 84, 13–15. doi:10.1055/a-1710-6540.

    Katsikopoulos, K., Şimşek, Ö., Buckmann, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Reply to commentaries on “Transparent modeling of influenza incidence”: Recency heuristics and psychological AI. International Journal of Forecasting, 38, 630–634. doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.10.011

    Katsikopoulos, K., Şimşek, Ö., Buckmann, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2022). Transparent modeling of influenza incidence: Big data or a single data point from psychological theory? International Journal of Forecasting, 38, 613–619. doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.12.006

  • Gigerenzer, G. (2021). Embodied heuristics. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 711289. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.711289

    Gigerenzer, G., Multmeier, J., Föhring, A., & Wegwarth, O. (2021). Do children have Bayesian intuitions? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 50, 1041–1070. doi:10.1037/xge0000979

    Rebitschek, F. G., Gigerenzer, G., & Wagner, G. G. (2021). People underestimate the errors made by algorithms for credit scoring and recidivism prediction but accept even fewer errors. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 20171. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99802-y

    Gigerenzer, G. (2021). Axiomatic rationality and ecological rationality. Synthese, 198, 3547–3564. doi: 10.1007/s11229-019-02296-5

    Aikman, D., Galesic, M., Gigerenzer, G., Kapadia, S., Katsikopoulos, K. V., Kothiyal, A., Murphy, E., & Neumann, T. (2021). Taking uncertainty seriously: Simplicity versus complexity in financial regulation. Industrial and Corporate Change, 30(2), 317–345. doi: 10.1093/icc/dtaa024

    Jacobs, P., & Gigerenzer, G. (2021). Using variation between countries to estimate demand for Cochrane reviews when access is free: A cost-benefit analysis. British Medical Journal: Open,11(7):e033310. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033310

    Ehrig, T., Katsikopoulos, K., Jost, J., & Gigerenzer, G. (2021). An exploratory study of heuristics for anticipating prices. Management Decision, 59(7), 1750–1761. doi: 10.1108/MD-05-2021-0619.

    Baenninger, P. B., Bachmann, L. M., Iselin, K. C., Pfaeffli, O. A., Kaufmann, C., Thiel, M. A., & Gigerenzer, G. (2021). Mismatch of corneal specialists‘ expectations and keratoconus knowledge in general ophthalmologists: A prospective observational study in Switzerland. BMC Medical Education, 21:297. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02738-0

    Rebitschek, F., Gigerenzer, G., Keitel, A., Sommer, S., Gross, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2021). Acceptance of criteria for health and driver scoring in the general public in Germany. PLOS ONE, 16(4):e0250224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250224

    Gigerenzer, G. (2021). What is bounded rationality? In R. Viale (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Bounded Rationality (pp. 55–69). Routledge.

  • Rebitschek, F., & Gigerenzer, G. (2020). Einschätzung der Qualität digitaler Gesundheitsangebote: Wie können informierte Entscheidungen gefördert werden? Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 63, 665–673. doi:10.1007/s00103-020-03146-3

    Trimmer, P. C., McElreath, R., Auster, S., Brown, G. D. A., Dana, J., Gigerenzer, G., Golman, R., Hilbe, C., Kandler, A., Kareev, Y., Schooler, L. J., & Szech, N. (2020). The zoo of models of deliberate ignorance. In R. Hertwig & C. Engel (Eds.), Deliberate ignorance: Choosing not to know (pp. 155–183) . MIT Press.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2020). Corona, Sars und Schweinegrippe: Warum wir Risikokompetenz brauchen. In Corona und wir: Denkanstöße für eine veränderte Welt. Penguin.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2020). The leader’s toolbox. In A. Sharman (Ed.), One percent safer, (p. 89). Maverick Eagle Press.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2020). When all is just a click away. Is critical thinking obsolete in the digital age? In R. J. Sternberg & D. F. Halpern (Eds.), Critical thinking in psychology (2nd ed., pp. 197–223). Cambridge University Press.

    Binder, K., Krauss, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2020). Risikoveränderungen: Wie absolute und relative Veränderungen mit Bildgittern unterrichtet werden können. Mathematik lehren, 220, 12–15.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2020). Intelligence and decision making. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. Vol. I (pp. 580-601). Cambridge University Press.

    Tuckett, D., Smith, L., Gigerenzer, G., & Jost, J. (2020). To make good decisions under uncertainty, decision-makers must act creatively to avoid paralysis, while recognizing the possibility of failure. In Complexity after Covid. No. 023 (April 27). SFI Press.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2020). Foreword. In Forbes, W., Igboekwu, A., & Mousavi, S. A fast and frugal finance: Bridging Contemporary Behavioral Finance and Ecological Rationality (pp. xi-xiii). Academic Press.

    Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2020). The ecological rationality of situations: Behavior = f(adaptive toolbox, environment). In J. F. Rauthmann, R. A. Sherman, & D. C. Funder (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychological Situations (pp. 143-158). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190263348.013.29

  • Luan, S., Reb, J., & Gigerenzer, G. (2019). Ecological rationality: Fast-and-frugal heuristics for managerial decision making under uncertainty. Academy of Management Journal, 62, 1735–1759. doi:10.5465/amj.2018.0172

    Gigerenzer, G., Wagner, G. G., Gerberding, J., Gross, C., Keitel, A., Rebitschek, F., & Sommer, S. (2019). Verbraucher-Scoring – fair und korrekt? In Reiffenstein, M & Blaschek, B. (Eds.), Konsumentenpolitisches Jahrbuch 2019 (pp. 77–111). Verlag Österreich.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2019). Braucht man statistisches Denken in einer digitalen Welt? In Deggendorfer Forum zur digitalen Datenanalyse e. V. (Ed.), Künstliche Intelligenz (pp. 98–120). IDW Verlag.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2019). Expert intuition is not rational choice. Review of Sources of Power by Gary Klein, 20th Anniversary Edition. American Psychologist, 132, 475–480.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2019). How to explain behavior? Topics in Cognitive Science. doi: 10.1111/tops.12480

    Artinger, F. M., Artinger, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2019). C.Y.A.: Frequency and causes of defensive decisions in public administration. Business Research, 12, 9–25. doi:10.1007/s40685

    McDowell, M., Gigerenzer, G., Wegwarth, O., & Rebitschek, F. G. (2019). Effect of tabular and icon fact box formats on comprehension of benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening: A randomized trial. Medical Decision Making, 39, 41–56. doi:10.1177/0272989X18818166

    Gigerenzer, G., Luan, S., & Liu, Y. (2019). Are we truly irrational and almost impossible to educate? Analyzing the scientific evidence behind libertine paternalism. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 50, 1–12. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2019.00395

    Gigerenzer, G. (2019). Rationales Entscheiden unter Ungewissheit ≠ Rationales Entscheiden unter Risiko. In B. Fleischer, R. Lauterbach, & K. Pawlik (Eds.), Rationale Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit (pp. 1–14). (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg No. 8). De Gruyter.

  • Gigerenzer, G. (2018). The bias bias in behavioral economics. Review of Behavioral Economics, 5, 303–336. doi:10.1561/105.00000092

    Kruglanski, A. W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Intuitive and deliberate judgments are based on common principles. In A. Kruglanski, The motivated mind: The selected works of Arie Kruglanski (pp. 104–128). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315175867

    Gigerenzer, G., Rebitschek, F., & Wagner, G. G. (2018). Eine vermessene Gesellschaft braucht Transparenz. Wirtschaftsdienst, 12, 860–866. doi:10.1007/s10273-018-2378-4

    Gigerenzer, G. (2018). The heuristics revolution: Rethinking the role of uncertainty in finance. In R. Viale, S. Mousavi, B. Alemanni, & U. Filotto (Eds.), The behavioral finance revolution: A new approach to financial policies and regulations (pp. 115–134). Edward Elgar.

    Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). US gynecologists' estimates and beliefs regarding ovarian cancer screening's effectiveness 5 years after release of the PLCO evidence. Scientific Reports, 8:17181. doi:10.10.1038/s41598-018-35585-z

    Jenny, M. A., Keller, N., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Assessing minimal medical statistical literacy using the Quick Risk Test: A prospective observational study in Germany. BMJ Open, 8:e020847. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020847.

    Sachverständigenrat für Verbraucherfragen (2018). Verbrauchergerechtes Scoring (federführend G. Gigerenzer & G. Wagner). Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz. bud.[Advisory Council for Consumer Affairs (2018), Consumer-friendly scoring. Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.]

    Rebitschek, F. G., Gigerenzer, G., & Wagner, G. G. (2018). Voraussetzungen einer den Menschen Nutzen bringenden Digitalisierung. In: Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen (Ed.), Mensch und Gesellschaft im digitalen Wandel (pp. 26-31). Deutscher Psychologen Verlag.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Statistical rituals: The replication delusion and how we got there. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1, 198–218. doi:10.1177/2515245918771329

    Haksöz, C. Katsikopoulos, K., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Less can be more: How to make operations more flexible and robust with fewer resources. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 28, 063102. doi: 10.1063/1.5024259

    Keller, N., Jenny, M., Gigerenzer. G., & Ablin, R. J. (2018). PSA-Screening: Möglicher Nutzen und Schaden. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 115, A 583–A 587.

    McDowell, M., Galesic, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Natural frequencies do foster public understanding of medical tests: Comment on Pighin, Gonzales, Savadori and Girotto (2016). Medical Decision Making, 38, 390–399. doi:10.1177/0272989X18754508

    Artinger, F. M., Kozodi, N., Wangenheim, F., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Recency: Prediction with smart data. In J. Goldenberg, J. Laran, & A. Stephen (Eds.), 2018 AMA Winter Academic Conference: Integrating paradigms in a world where marketing is everywhere, February 23-25, 2018, New Orleans, LA. Proceedings (Vol. 29, pp. L-2-L-6). American Marketing Association.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Risikokompetenz und die Gestaltung der eigenen Zukunft: Gerd Gigerenzer im Gespräch. In T. Druyen (Ed.), Die ultimative Herausforderung – über die Veränderungsfähigkeit der Deutschen (pp. 289–303). Springer.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Visual illusions and ecological rationality. Section in Chater, N., Felin, T., Funder, D. C. et al. Mind, rationality, and cognition: An interdisciplinary debate. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. doi:10.3758/s13423-017-1333-5

    Nordli, S., Todd, P. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). Ecological rationality needs no all-seeing eye. Section in Chater, N., Felin, T., Funder, D. C. et al. Mind, rationality, and cognition: An interdisciplinary debate. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. doi:10.3758/s13423-017-1333-5

    Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2018). The barrier to informed choice in cancer screening: Statistical illiteracy in physicians and patients. In U. Goerling & A. Mehnert A. (Eds.), Psycho-Oncology (Recent Results in Cancer Research No. 210) (2nd ed., pp. 207-221). Springer.

  • Keller, N., Feufel, M. A., Kendel, F., Spies, C. D., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Training medics how to extract, assess and communicate evidence from an article. Medical Education, 51, 1162–1163. doi:10.1111/medu.13444

    Krämer, W., Bauer, T., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Viel Lärm um nichts, oder: Was tun gegen das Innumeratentum? Editorial. BIOspektrum, 23, 615. doi:10.1007/s12268-017-0844-y

    Mousavi, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Heuristics are tools for uncertainty. Homo Oeconomicus, 34, 361–379. doi:10.1007/s41412-017-0058-z

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Vorwort zu A. F. Hannawa & G. Jonitz, Neue Wege für die Patientensicherheit: Sichere Kommunikation (pp. vii–viii). De Gruyter.

    Rebitschek, F. G., Gigerenzer, G., & Wagner, G. G. (2017). Kritische Voraussetzungen für ein digitales Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland. Section in Lux, T., Breil, B., Dörries, M. et al. Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen – zwischen Datenschutz und moderner Medizinversorgung. Wirtschaftsdienst, 97, 699–703. doi: 10.1007/s10273-017-2200-8

    Wegwarth, O., Gigerenzer, G. & Wagner, G. G. (2017). Can facts trump unconditional trust? Evidence based information halves the influence of physicians’ non-evidence-based cancer screening recommendations. PLOS ONE 12(8):e0183024

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). A theory integration program. Decision, 4, 133–145.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Is your smartphone able to predict pancreatic cancer? British Medical Journal, 358:j3159.

    Gigerenzer, G., & Kolpatzik, K. (2017). How new fact boxes are explaining medical risk to millions. British Medical Journal, 317:j2460. doi:10.1136/bmj.j2460

    Gigerenzer, G., & Gray, W. D. (2017). A simple heuristic successfully used by humans, animals, and machines: The story of the RAF and Luftwaffe, hawks and ducks, dogs and Frisbees, baseball outfielders and sidewinder missiles – Oh my! Topics in Cognitive Science, 9, 260–263. doi:10.1111/tops.12269

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Risiko-Kompetenz: Wie trifft man gute Entscheidungen? In K. M. Einhäupl (Ed.), Medizin 4.0 – Zur Zukunft der Medizin in der digitalisierten Welt (pp. 271–278). Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Stiftung.

    Fleischhut, N., Meder, B., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Moral hindsight. Experimental Psychology, 64, 110–123. doi:10.1027/1618-3169/a000353

    Krämer, W., Bauer, W., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Viel Lärm um nichts, oder: Was tun gegen das Innumeratentum? BIOspektrum, 23, 65. doi:10.1007/s12268-017-0844-y

    Hozo, I., Djulbegovic, B., Luan, S., Ttsalatsanis, A., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Towards theory integration: Threshold model as a link between signal-detection theory, fast-and-frugal trees and evidence accumulation theory. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23, 49–65. doi:10.1111/jep.12490

    Gigerenzer, G., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2017). Cassandra’s regret. The psychology of not wanting to know. Psychological Review, 124, 179–196. doi:10.1037/rev0000055

    Helbing, D., Frey, B. S., Gigerenzer, G., Hafen, E., Hagner, M., Hofstetter, Y., van der Hofen, J., Zicari, R. V., Zwitter, A. (2017). Will democracy survive big data and artificial intelligence? Scientific American, February 25, 2017.(Reprinted in Towards digital Enlightenment, pp. 73–98, by D. Helbing, Ed., 2019, Springer)

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Digital risk literacy: Technology needs users who can control it. Scientific American, February 25, 2017.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Technik braucht Menschen, die sie beherrschen. In C. Könneker (Ed.), Unsere digitale Zukunft (pp. 33–36). Springer. Reprinted in: Z-Abitur BK NRW 2017, Deutsch GK-EUS, Ministerium für Schule und Weiterbildung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. 2017.

    Helbing, D., Frey, B. S., Gigerenzer, G., Hafen, E., Hagner, M., Hofstetter, Y., van der Hofen, J., Zicari, R. V., Zwitter, A. (2017). Eine Strategie für das digitale Zeitalter. In C. Könneker (Ed.), Unsere digitale Zukunft (pp. 23–28). Springer.

    Helbing, D., Frey, B. S., Gigerenzer, G., Hafen, E., Hagner, M., Hofstetter, Y., van der Hofen, J., Zicari, R. V., Zwitter, A. (2017). Demokratie statt Datendiktatur. In C. Könneker (Ed.), Unsere digitale Zukunft (pp. 3–21). Springer.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2017). Living in terror of terrorism. In J. Brockman (Ed.), Know this: Today’s most interesting and important scientific ideas, discoveries, and developments (pp. 348–349). Harper Perennial.

    Donner-Banzhoff, N., Seidel, J., Sikeler, A-M., Bösner, S., Vogelmeier, M., Westram, A., Feufel, M., Gaissmaier, W., Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2017). The phenomenology of the diagnostic process: A primary-care-based survey. Medical Decision Making, 37, 27–34. doi:10.1177/0272989X16653401

    Mousavi, S., Gigerenzer, G., & Kheirandisch, R. (2017). Rethinking behavioral economics through fast- and-frugal heuristics. In R. Frantz, S.-H. Chen, K. Dopfer, F. Heukelom, & S. Mousavi (Eds.). Routledge handbook of behavioral economics (pp. 280–296). Routledge.

  • Gigerenzer, G., Kuoni, J., Ritschard, R., Jenny, M., & Held, A. (2016). Was Ärzte wissen müssen: Die Kunst der Risikokommunikation. Hessisches Ärzteblatt, 12, 10–16.

    Artinger, F. M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Adaptive heuristic pricing. Academy of Management Proceedings, Article 13915. DOI

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Introduction: Taking heuristics seriously. In A. Samson (Ed.), The Behavioral Economics Guide 2016. Retrieved from www.behavioraleconomics.com/the-behavioraleconomics-guide-2016/ (pp. V–XI). Behavioral Science Solutions.

    Hafenbraedl, S., Waeger, D., Marewski, J. N., & Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Applied decision making with fast-and-frugal heuristics. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5, 215–231. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.04.011

    McDowell, M., Rebitschek, F. G., Gigerenzer, G., & Wegwarth, O. (2016). A simple tool for communicating the benefits and harms of health interventions: A guide for creating a fact box. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, 1:2381468316665365. doi: 10.1177/2381468316665365

    Berg, N., Biele, G., & Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Consistent Bayesians are no more accurate than Non-Bayesians: Economists surveyed about PSA. Review of Behavioral Economics. 3, 189–219. doi:10.1561/105.00000034

    Gigerenzer, G., & Rebitschek, F. G. (2016). Informierte Patienten durch die Verbreitung von Faktenboxen. In Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Ed.), Jahrbuch der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 2016. MPG. doi:10.17617/1.2O

    Gigerenzer, G. & Rebitschek, F. G. (2016). Das Jahrhundert des Patienten: Zum Umgang mit Risiken und Chancen. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin, 92, 213–219. doi:10.3238/zfa.2016.0213–0219.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Rationality without optimization: Bounded rationality. In L. Macchi, M. Bagassi, & R. Viale (Eds.), Cognitive unconscious and human rationality (pp. 3–22). MIT Press.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Towards a rational theory of heuristics. In R. Frantz & L. Marsh (Eds.), Minds, models, and milieux: Commemorating the centennial of the birth of Herbert Simon (pp. 34–59). Palgrave Macmillan.

    Gigerenzer, G., Schlegel-Matthies, K. & Wagner, G. G. (2016). Digitale Welt und Gesundheit. eHealth und mHealth – Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung im Gesundheitsbereich. Veröffentlichungen des Sachverständigenrats für Verbraucherfragen. Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Ökonomie und menschliches Verhalten – wie trifft man gute Entscheidungen. In M. Meyer (Ed.), Europa – Spannungsfeld zwischen Ost und West (pp. 69–96). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Response: Full disclosure about cancer screening. British Medical Journal, 352:h6967.

    Arkes, H. R., Gigerenzer, G., & Hertwig, R. (2016). How bad is incoherence? Decision, 3, 20–39.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Full disclosure about cancer screening: Time to change communication from dodgy persuasion to something straightforward. British Medical Journal, 352:h6967. doi:10.1136/bmj.h6967

    Gigerenzer, G. (2016). Stichwörter: Entscheiden unter Unsicherheit (p. 247); Heuristik (p. 380); Kognition (pp. 463–4); Risikokompetenz (p. 719). In F. Petermann, G. Gründer, M. A. Wirtz, & L. Strohmer (Eds.), Lexikon der Psychotherapie und Psychopharmakologie. Hogrefe.

  • Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Towards a paradigm shift in cancer screening: Informed citizens instead of greater participation. Germany aims to stop nudging the public on screening. BMJ, 350:h2175. doi:10.1136/bmj.h2175

    Raab, M., & Gigerenzer, G. (2015). The power of simplicity: A fast-and-frugal approach to performance science. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1672. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01672

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Robodoctors. In Brockman, J. (Ed.), What to think about machines that think (pp.317–320). Harper Perennial.

    Artinger, F., Petersen, M. Gigerenzer, G., & Weibler, J. (2015). Heuristics as adaptive decision strategies in management. Journal of Organizational Behavior 36, S33–S52. doi: 10.1002/job.1950

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Wie Heuristiken unsere moralischen Entscheidungen beeinflussen. Interview. Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik, 15, 41–45.

    Gigerenzer, G., Kuoni, J., & Ritschard, R. (2015). Was Ärzte wissen müssen. Swiss Medical Forum, 15(36), 787–793.(French translation: Ce que les médecins doivent savoir. Forum Médical Suisse, 2015, 15, 787–793).

    Hoffrage, U., Krauss, S., Martignon, L., & Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Natural frequencies improve Bayesian reasoning in simple and complex inference tasks. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1473.doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01473

    Mega, L., Gigerenzer, G., & Volz, K. G. (2015). Do intuitive and deliberate judgments rely on two distinct neural systems? A case study in face processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9:456. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00456

    Neth, H., & Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Heuristics: Tools for an uncertain world. In R. Scott & S. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging trends in the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 1–18). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0394

    Prinz, R., Feufel, M., Gigerenzer, G., & Wegwarth, O. (2015). What counselors tell low-risk clients about HIV test performance. Current HIV Research, 13, 369–380. doi:10.2174/1570162X13666150511125200

    Brighton, H., & Gigerenzer, G. (2015). The bias bias. Journal of Business Research, 68, 1772–1784. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.01.061

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). On the supposed evidence for libertarian paternalism. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 6, 363–383. doi:10.1007/s13164-015-0248-1

    Gigerenzer, G. & Gaissmaier, W. (2015). Intuition und Führung: Wie gute Entscheidungen entstehen. In M. W. Fröse, S. Kaudela-Baum, & F. E. P. Dievernich (Eds.). Emotion und Intuition in Führung und Organisation (pp. 19–42). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-07796-9_2

    Gigerenzer, G., & Gaissmaier, W. (2015). Decision making: Nonrational theories. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, (2nd ed., Vol. 5, pp. 911–916). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.03202

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Computers: Impact on the social sciences. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed., Vol. 5, pp. 515–518). Elsevier.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). In the lab of Gerd Gigerenzer. In R. J. Sternberg & K. Sternberg (Eds.), Cognitive psychology (7th ed., p. 455). Cengage Learning.

    Gigerenzer, G., & Martignon, L. (2015). Risikompetenz in der Schule lernen. Lernen und Lernstörungen, 4, 91–98. doi:10.1024/2235-0977/a000098

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Prozente führen in die Irre. Gesundheit & Gesellschaft, 2/15, p. 3.

    Gigerenzer, G. (2015). Statistical inference via statistical rituals. In J. Brockman (Ed.), This idea must die (pp. 523–526). Harper Perennial.

    Gigerenzer, G. & Marewski, J. (2015). Surrogate science: The idol of a universal method for scientific inference. Journal of Management, 41, 421–440. doi:10.1177/0149206314547522

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