[en] Main summary points:
• Environmental conditions in which human ancestors evolved, strongly shaped human thinking
• Two complementary cognitive systems can be distinguished whose interplay causes systematic errors, especially in situations including uncertainty or complexity
• These cognitive pitfalls have tremendous consequences in the context of sustainability
• Leveraging cognitive biases and knowledge about them by improving education and training is vital to address ecological problems
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Sonnleitner, Philipp ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)