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    Individual differences in autism-like traits are associated with reduced goal emulation in a computational model of observational learning

    The ability to infer the goals and intentions of others is crucial for social interactions, and such social capabilities are broadly distributed across individuals. Autism-like traits (that is, traits associat...

    Qianying Wu, Sarah Oh, Reza Tadayonnejad, Jamie D. Feusner in Nature Mental Health (2024)

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    Heterogeneity in strategy use during arbitration between experiential and observational learning

    To navigate our complex social world, it is crucial to deploy multiple learning strategies, such as learning from directly experiencing action outcomes or from observing other people’s behavior. Despite the pr...

    Caroline J. Charpentier, Qianying Wu, Seokyoung Min, Weilun Ding in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Temporally organized representations of reward and risk in the human brain

    The value and uncertainty associated with choice alternatives constitute critical features relevant for decisions. However, the manner in which reward and risk representations are temporally organized in the b...

    Vincent Man, Jeffrey Cockburn, Oliver Flouty, Phillip E. Gander in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Neurons in human pre-supplementary motor area encode key computations for value-based choice

    Adaptive behaviour in real-world environments requires that choices integrate several variables, including the novelty of the options under consideration, their expected value and uncertainty in value estimati...

    Tomas G. Aquino, Jeffrey Cockburn, Adam N. Mamelak in Nature Human Behaviour (2023)

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    Beyond dichotomies in reinforcement learning

    Reinforcement learning (RL) is a framework of particular importance to psychology, neuroscience and machine learning. Interactions between these fields, as promoted through the common hub of RL, has facilitate...

    Anne G. E. Collins, Jeffrey Cockburn in Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2020)

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    Reduced susceptibility to confirmation bias in schizophrenia

    Patients with schizophrenia (SZ) show cognitive impairments on a wide range of tasks, with clear deficiencies in tasks reliant on prefrontal cortex function and less consistently observed impairments in tasks ...

    Bradley B. Doll, James A. Waltz in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neurosc… (2014)