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| Title |
Do not Bet on the Unknown Versus Try to Find Out More: Estimation Uncertainty and “Unexpected Uncertainty” Both Modulate Exploration
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2012.00150 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Élise Payzan-LeNestour, Peter Bossaerts |
| Abstract |
Little is known about how humans solve the exploitation/exploration trade-off. In particular, the evidence for uncertainty-driven exploration is mixed. The current study proposes a novel hypothesis of exploration that helps reconcile prior findings that may seem contradictory at first. According to this hypothesis, uncertainty-driven exploration involves a dilemma between two motives: (i) to speed up learning about the unknown, which may beget novel reward opportunities; (ii) to avoid the unknown because it is potentially dangerous. We provide evidence for our hypothesis using both behavioral and simulated data, and briefly point to recent evidence that the brain differentiates between these two motives. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 103 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 6% |
| Belgium | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 34% |
| Researcher | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 8 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 46 | 45% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 14% |
| Unknown | 15 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2013.
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#8,535,472
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#5,436
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#73,505
of 250,100 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#73
of 154 outputs
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