Deviation from the matching law reflects an optimal strategy involving learning over multiple timescales
Recent experience can only provide limited information to guide decisions in a volatile environment. Here, the authors report that the choices made by a monkey in a dynamic foraging task can be better explained by a model that combines learning on both fast and slow timescales.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09388-3 |