Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs

Computationally parallel ‘change-of-mind’ tasks in mice, rats and humans are analysed and demonstrate that sensitivity to sunk costs during re-evaluation depends on the awareness of time spent and remaining.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. David Redish, Samantha V. Abram, Paul J. Cunningham, Anneke A. Duin, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Rebecca Kazinka, Adrina Kocharian, Angus W. MacDonald, Brandy Schmidt, Neil Schmitzer-Torbert, Mark J. Thomas, Brian M. Sweis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04235-6