Reference-point centering and range-adaptation enhance human reinforcement learning at the cost of irrational preferences

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 4503 - 12
• Main Authors: Bavard, Sophie, Lebreton, Maël, Khamassi, Mehdi, Coricelli, Giorgio, Palminteri, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.10.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378; 631/477; Adaptation; Adolescent; Adult; Algorithms; Attention; Behavior - physiology; Computer applications; Computer Simulation; Decision making; Decision Making - physiology; Dependence; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Learning - physiology; Learning algorithms; Learning behavior; Life Sciences; Machine learning; Male; Models, Neurological; multidisciplinary; Reference Values; Reinforcement; Reinforcement (Psychology); Reward; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Substrates; Valuation; Young Adult

In economics and perceptual decision-making contextual effects are well documented, where decision weights are adjusted as a function of the distribution of stimuli. Yet, in reinforcement learning literature whether and how contextual information pertaining to decision states is integrated in learni...