The computational cost of active information sampling before decision-making under uncertainty

Humans often seek information to minimize the pervasive effect of uncertainty on decisions. Current theories explain how much knowledge people should gather before a decision, based on the cost–benefit structure of the problem at hand. Here, we demonstrate that this framework omits a crucial agent-r...

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Main Authors: Attaallah, B. (Author), Husain, M. (Author), Manohar, S.G (Author), Petitet, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2021
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