Search is a ubiquitous property of life. Although diverse domains have worked on search
problems largely in isolation, recent trends across disciplines indicate that the formal …

Objective: The aim of this manuscript is to provide a review of contemporary research and
applications on dynamic decision making (DDM). Background: Since early DDM studies …

Deciding whether to forgo a good choice in favour of exploring a potentially more rewarding
alternative is one of the most challenging arbitrations both in human reasoning and in …

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether the Big Five personality factors
could predict who thrives or chokes under pressure during decision-making. The effects of …

The Iowa gambling task (IGT) has been used in numerous studies, often to examine
decision-making performance in different clinical populations. Reinforcement learning (RL) …

How do people solve the explore–exploit trade-off in a changing environment? In this paper
we present experimental evidence from an “observe or bet” task, in which people have to …

Melioration—defined as choosing a lesser, local gain over a greater longer term gain—is a
behavioral tendency that people and pigeons share. As such, the empirical occurrence of …

Learning usually improves the accuracy of beliefs through the accumulation of experience.
But are there limits to learning that prevent us from accurately understanding our world? In …

Cognitive enhancement is becoming progressively popular as a subject of scientific
investigation and by the public, although possible adverse effects are not sufficiently …

Models of human behavior in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) have played a pivotal role in
accounting for behavioral differences during decision-making. One critical difference …