Asking the right questions about the psychology of human inquiry: Nine open challenges
The ability to act on the world with the goal of gaining information is core to human
adaptability and intelligence. Perhaps the most successful and influential account of such …
adaptability and intelligence. Perhaps the most successful and influential account of such …
Interactive development of adaptive learning and memory
CA Hartley, K Nussenbaum… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Across development, interactions between value-based learning and memory processes
promote the formation of mental models that enable flexible goal pursuit. Value cues in the …
promote the formation of mental models that enable flexible goal pursuit. Value cues in the …
Humans adaptively resolve the explore-exploit dilemma under cognitive constraints: Evidence from a multi-armed bandit task
When navigating uncertain worlds, humans must balance exploring new options versus
exploiting known rewards. Longer horizons and spatially structured option values …
exploiting known rewards. Longer horizons and spatially structured option values …
Novelty and uncertainty differentially drive exploration across development
K Nussenbaum, RE Martin, S Maulhardt, YJ Yang… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Across the lifespan, individuals frequently choose between exploiting known rewarding
options or exploring unknown alternatives. A large body of work has suggested that children …
options or exploring unknown alternatives. A large body of work has suggested that children …
Chasing unknown bandits: Uncertainty guidance in learning and decision making
M Speekenbrink - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In repeated decision problems for which it is possible to learn from experience, people
should actively seek out uncertain options, rather than avoid ambiguity or uncertainty, in …
should actively seek out uncertain options, rather than avoid ambiguity or uncertainty, in …
The limits of learning: Exploration, generalization, and the development of learning traps.
AS Rich, TM Gureckis - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …
But are there limits to learning that prevent us from accurately understanding our world? In …
It's new, but is it good? How generalization and uncertainty guide the exploration of novel options.
How do people decide whether to try out novel options as opposed to tried-and-tested
ones? We argue that they infer a novel option's reward from contextual information learned …
ones? We argue that they infer a novel option's reward from contextual information learned …
Anxiety as a disorder of uncertainty: Implications for understanding maladaptive anxiety, anxious avoidance, and exposure therapy
In cognitive-behavioral conceptualizations of anxiety, exaggerated threat expectancies
underlie maladaptive anxiety. This view has led to successful treatments, notably exposure …
underlie maladaptive anxiety. This view has led to successful treatments, notably exposure …
As within, so without, as above, so below: Common mechanisms can support between-and within-trial category learning dynamics.
ER Weichart, M Galdo, VM Sloutsky… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Two fundamental difficulties when learning novel categories are deciding (a) what
information is relevant and (b) when to use that information. Although previous theories have …
information is relevant and (b) when to use that information. Although previous theories have …
Exploration beyond bandits
Reinforcement learning is the study of how an agent–be it human, animal, or a machine–can
learn to choose actions that maximize rewards (Sutton & Barto, 2018). To maximize long …
learn to choose actions that maximize rewards (Sutton & Barto, 2018). To maximize long …