Heuristic and optimal policy computations in the human brain during sequential decision-making

Alhough humans often make a series of related decisions, it is unknown whether this is done by relying on optimal or heuristic strategies. Here, the authors show that humans rely on both the best heuristic and the optimal policy, and that these strategies are controlled by parts of the medial prefro...

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Main Authors: Christoph W. Korn, Dominik R. Bach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02750-3