ArticleeLife2018
Value-based attentional capture affects multi-alternative decision making.
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- Prediction and Prioritisation: How Reward Learning Shapes Attentional Capture.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2026Review
- Neural similarity between choice options predicts group-level context effects.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Attention modulates value normalization in human reinforcement learning by shaping reward encoding.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Ambiguity preferences in intertemporal and risky choice: A large-scale study using drift-diffusion modelling.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Article
- Exploring attentional mechanisms underlying the gender homophily in equity crowdfunding decisions using web-based eye-tracking.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The timescale and direction of influence of a third inferior alternative in human value-learning.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Mutual inclusivity improves decision-making by smoothing out choice's competitive edge.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- Contributions of Attention to Learning in Multidimensional Reward Environments.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Decision makers consider all options in choice triplets.PloS one · 2025Article
- Considering What We Know and What We Don't Know: Expectations and Confidence Guide Value Integration in Value-Based Decision-Making.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025Article
- Common neural choice signals can emerge artefactually amid multiple distinct value signals.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
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- Multiattribute Decision-making in Macaques Relies on Direct Attribute Comparisons.Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2024Article
- Mutual inclusivity improves decision-making by smoothing out choice's competitive edge.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Value-modulated attentional capture is augmented by win-related sensory cues.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2024Article
- Individual and contextual effects of attention in risky choice.Experimental economics · 2024Article
- Intraparietal stimulation disrupts negative distractor effects in human multi-alternative decision-making.eLife · 2023Article
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Abstract
Humans and other animals often violate economic principles when choosing between multiple alternatives, but the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms remain elusive. A robust finding is that adding a third option can alter the relative preference for the original alternatives, but studies disagree on whether the third option's value decreases or increases accuracy. To shed light on this controversy, we used and extended the paradigm of one study reporting a positive effect. However, our four experiments with 147 human participants and a reanalysis of the original data revealed that the positive effect is neither replicable nor reproducible. In contrast, our behavioral and eye-tracking results are best explained by assuming that the third option's value captures attention and thereby impedes accuracy. We propose a computational model that accounts for the complex interplay of value, attention, and choice. Our theory explains how choice sets and environments influence the neurocognitive processes of multi-alternative decision making.
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