Errors in probabilistic reasoning and judgment biases

DJ Benjamin - Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Applications and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Errors in probabilistic reasoning have been the focus of much psychology research and are
among the original topics of modern behavioral economics. This chapter reviews theory and …

The computational roots of positivity and confirmation biases in reinforcement learning

S Palminteri, M Lebreton - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Humans do not integrate new information objectively: outcomes carrying a positive affective
value and evidence confirming one's own prior belief are overweighed. Until recently …

[HTML][HTML] What is the function of confirmation bias?

U Peters - Erkenntnis, 2022 - Springer
Confirmation bias is one of the most widely discussed epistemically problematic cognitions,
challenging reliable belief formation and the correction of inaccurate views. Given its …

Generalization guides human exploration in vast decision spaces

CM Wu, E Schulz, M Speekenbrink, JD Nelson… - Nature human …, 2018 - nature.com
From foraging for food to learning complex games, many aspects of human behaviour can
be framed as a search problem with a vast space of possible actions. Under finite search …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the development of digital media PCK/TPACK: The role of PCK, motivation to use digital media, interest in and previous experience with digital …

T Schubatzky, JP Burde, R Große-Heilmann… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In today's digital age, incorporating technology in teaching has become increasingly
important. To prepare future teachers, understanding the factors that influence the …

Advances in modeling learning and decision-making in neuroscience

AGE Collins, A Shenhav - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
An organism's survival depends on its ability to learn about its environment and to make
adaptive decisions in the service of achieving the best possible outcomes in that …

“I feel and think, therefore I am”: An Affect-Cognitive Theory of management decisions

M Cristofaro - European Management Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
I propose an Affect-Cognitive Theory to comprehensively understand how decisions occur in
organizations. To this aim, I first review the assumptions of sensemaking and decision …

Computational mechanisms underlying latent value updating of unchosen actions

I Ben-Artzi, Y Kessler, B Nicenboim, N Shahar - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
Current studies suggest that individuals estimate the value of their choices based on
observed feedback. Here, we ask whether individuals also update the value of their …

Linking confidence biases to reinforcement-learning processes.

N Salem-Garcia, S Palminteri, M Lebreton - Psychological Review, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
We systematically misjudge our own performance in simple economic tasks. First, we
generally overestimate our ability to make correct choices—a bias called overconfidence …

Information about action outcomes differentially affects learning from self-determined versus imposed choices

V Chambon, H Théro, M Vidal… - Nature Human …, 2020 - nature.com
The valence of new information influences learning rates in humans: good news tends to
receive more weight than bad news. We investigated this learning bias in four experiments …