The Nature of Belief-Directed Exploratory Choice in Human Decision-Making

In non-stationary environments, there is a conflict between exploiting currently favored options and gaining information by exploring lesser-known options that in the past have proven less rewarding. Optimal decision making in such tasks requires considering future states of the environment (i.e., p...

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Main Authors: W. Bradley Knox, A. Ross Otto, Peter eStone, Bradley eLove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00398/full