Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of the environment. This special issue presents
interdisciplinary research on decision-making and learning under uncertainty. Thirty-one …

Many of our decisions take place under uncertainty. To successfully navigate the
environment, individuals need to estimate the degree of uncertainty and adapt their …

A growing trend of neuroimaging, behavioral, and computational research has investigated
the topic of outcome uncertainty in decision-making. Although evidence to date indicates …

In our everyday life we often have to make decisions with uncertain consequences, for
instance in the context of investment decisions. To successfully cope with these situations …

People radically differ in how they cope with uncertainty. Clinical researchers describe a
dispositional characteristic known as “intolerance of uncertainty”, a tendency to find …

Uncertainty arises because of ignorance or the absence of information in any situation.
Probability, risk, and randomness are concepts closely related to uncertainty that …

Uncertainty about future events may lead to worry, anxiety, even inability to function. The
highly related concept—intolerance of uncertainty (IU)—emerged in the early 1990s, which …

This paper presents a novel rodent decision-making task that explores uncertainty,
independently of expectation and predictability. Using a 5-hole operating box, adult male …

Our knowledge about the state of the world is often incomplete, making it difficult to select
the best course of action. One strategy that can be used to improve our ability to make …

Controlling Uncertainty: Decision Making and Learning in Complex Worlds reviews and
discusses the most current research relating to the ways we can control the uncertain world …