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Decision making, movement planning and statistical decision theory

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Trommershäuser, Julia, Maloney, Laurence T., Landy, Michael S.·2008·Trends in Cognitive Sciences
DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2008.04.010PMC PMC2678412
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We discuss behavioral studies directed at understanding how probability information is represented in motor and economic tasks. By formulating the behavioral tasks in the language of statistical decision theory, we can compare performance in equivalent tasks in different domains. Subjects in traditional economic decision-making tasks often misrepresent the probability of rare events and typically fail to maximize expected gain. By contrast, subjects in mathematically equivalent movement tasks often choose movement strategies that come close to maximizing expected gain. We discuss the implications of these different outcomes, noting the evident differences between the source of uncertainty and how information about uncertainty is acquired in motor and economic tasks.

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  • In the motor domain, subjects are sensitive to uncertainty in movement production and use this information to alter their movement strategies to avoid risky actions.

    “Similarly, in the motor domain, subjects are sensitive to uncertainty in movement production (e.g., the dispersion of rapid pointing movements) and use this information to alter their movement strategies to avoid risky actions (Trommershauser et al. 2008).”

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Authors
Trommershäuser, J., Maloney, L. T., & Landy, M. S.
Affiliations
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
  • New York University (US)
Corresponding author
Trommershäuser, Julia
ORCID
Venue
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-08
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
291-297
ISSN
1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.tics.2008.04.010
PMC
PMC2678412
OpenAlex
W2116089974
Cited by
314
References
5
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FWCI
2.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • National Eye Institute (EY 08266, R01EY008266)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
statistical decision theory, probability representation, motor planning, economic decision-making, rare events, information acquisition, decision-making
MeSH terms
Data Interpretation, Statistical, Decision Making, Decision Theory, Humans, Movement, Risk Factors

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