The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) is directed by Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer (Max Planck Institute, Berlin), one of the most well-known and articulate critics of the model of the perfectly rational human being claimed to be implicit in the work of Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and other researchers investigating perceived anomalies in experimentally observed human decision making under uncertainty. ABC researchers focus on the discovery and study of simple cognitive satisficing algorithms that people use to solve adaptive problems in specific real-world domains, such as avoiding dangers, choosing mates, and investing in offspring. ABC takes an evolutionarily-inspired view of the mind as a collection of these task-specific algorithms and modules rather than as a general-purpose problem solver.