Trial reportPloS one2013
Harder than expected: increased conflict in clearly disadvantageous delayed choices in a computer game.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- From single decisions to sequential choice patterns: Extending the dynamics of value-based decision-making.PloS one · 2022Article
- Is value-based choice repetition susceptible to medial frontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)? A preregistered study.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
- Meta-control of the exploration-exploitation dilemma emerges from probabilistic inference over a hierarchy of time scales.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
- From high- to one-dimensional dynamics of decision making: testing simplifications in attractor models.Cognitive processing · 2020Article
- Psychometrics of the continuous mind: Measuring cognitive sub-processes via mouse tracking.Memory & cognition · 2020Article
- The Behavior and Mind Health (BeMIND) study: Methods, design and baseline sample characteristics of a cohort study among adolescents and young adults.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2020Article
- Computer mouse tracking reveals motor signatures in a cognitive task of spatial language grounding.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2019Article
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- Decisions in Motion: Decision Dynamics during Intertemporal Choice reflect Subjective Evaluation of Delayed Rewards.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Action dynamics in multitasking: the impact of additional task factors on the execution of the prioritized motor movement.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
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Abstract
When choosing between immediate and temporally delayed goods, people sometimes decide disadvantageously. Here, we aim to provide process-level insight into differences between individually determined advantageous and disadvantageous choices. Participants played a computer game, deciding between two different rewards of varying size and distance by moving an agent towards the chosen reward. We calculated individual models of advantageous choices and characterized the decision process by analyzing mouse movements. The larger amount of participants' choices was classified as advantageous and the disadvantageous choices were biased towards choosing sooner/smaller rewards. The deflection of mouse movements indicated more conflict in disadvantageous choices compared with advantageous choices when the utilities of the options differed clearly. Further process oriented analysis revealed that disadvantageous choices were biased by a tendency for choice-repetition and an undervaluation of the value information in favour of the delay information, making rather simple choices harder than could be expected from the properties of the decision situation.
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