Regulatory Fit and Systematic Exploration in a Dynamic Decision-Making Environment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 797-804

  Otto, A Ross ^a   Markman, Arthur B ^a   Gureckis, Todd M ^b   Love, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; exploration; motivation; regulatory fit; reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953146194     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018999     Document Type: Article

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