Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice
A core problem of decision theories is that although decisionmakers' preferences depend on learning, their choices could be driven either by learned representations of the physical properties of each alternative (for instance reward sizes) or of the benefit (utility and fitness) experienced fro...
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paper:paper_00278424_v107_n1_p508_Pompilio2023-06-08T14:54:24Z Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice Pompilio, Lorena Decision-making Optimal foraging Rationality Starling State-dependent preferences animal experiment article controlled study decision making decision theory fitness knowledge learning memory nonhuman priority journal starling Animals Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning, Operant Humans Learning Memory Models, Psychological Models, Theoretical Psychomotor Performance Starlings Sturnidae A core problem of decision theories is that although decisionmakers' preferences depend on learning, their choices could be driven either by learned representations of the physical properties of each alternative (for instance reward sizes) or of the benefit (utility and fitness) experienced from them. Physical properties are independent of the subject's state and context, but utility depends on both. We show that starlings' choices are better explained by memory for context-dependent utility than by representations of the alternatives' physical properties, even when the decisionmakers' state is controlled and they have accurate knowledge about the options' physical properties. Our results support the potential universality of utility-driven preference control. Fil:Pompilio, L. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2010 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00278424_v107_n1_p508_Pompilio http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00278424_v107_n1_p508_Pompilio |
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Decision-making Optimal foraging Rationality Starling State-dependent preferences animal experiment article controlled study decision making decision theory fitness knowledge learning memory nonhuman priority journal starling Animals Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning, Operant Humans Learning Memory Models, Psychological Models, Theoretical Psychomotor Performance Starlings Sturnidae |
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Decision-making Optimal foraging Rationality Starling State-dependent preferences animal experiment article controlled study decision making decision theory fitness knowledge learning memory nonhuman priority journal starling Animals Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning, Operant Humans Learning Memory Models, Psychological Models, Theoretical Psychomotor Performance Starlings Sturnidae Pompilio, Lorena Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice |
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Decision-making Optimal foraging Rationality Starling State-dependent preferences animal experiment article controlled study decision making decision theory fitness knowledge learning memory nonhuman priority journal starling Animals Behavior, Animal Choice Behavior Conditioning, Operant Humans Learning Memory Models, Psychological Models, Theoretical Psychomotor Performance Starlings Sturnidae |
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A core problem of decision theories is that although decisionmakers' preferences depend on learning, their choices could be driven either by learned representations of the physical properties of each alternative (for instance reward sizes) or of the benefit (utility and fitness) experienced from them. Physical properties are independent of the subject's state and context, but utility depends on both. We show that starlings' choices are better explained by memory for context-dependent utility than by representations of the alternatives' physical properties, even when the decisionmakers' state is controlled and they have accurate knowledge about the options' physical properties. Our results support the potential universality of utility-driven preference control. |
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Pompilio, Lorena |
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Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice |
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Context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice |
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context-dependent utility overrides absolute memory as a determinant of choice |
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2010 |
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