People construct simplified mental representations to plan

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 606; no. 7912; pp. 129 - 136
• Main Authors: Ho, Mark K., Abel, David, Correa, Carlos G., Littman, Michael L., Cohen, Jonathan D., Griffiths, Thomas L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.06.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 706/689/2788; 706/689/477/2811; Artificial intelligence; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Complexity; Computer applications; Decision making; Heuristic; Human performance; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Planning; Psychology; Representations; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Utility functions

One of the most striking features of human cognition is the ability to plan. Two aspects of human planning stand out—its efficiency and flexibility. Efficiency is especially impressive because plans must often be made in complex environments, and yet people successfully plan solutions to many everyd...