Topic: human reasoning

Deciding whether to forgo a good choice in favour of exploring a potentially more rewarding alternative is one of the most challenging arbitrations both in human reasoning and in artificial intelligence. Humans show substantial variability in their exploration, and theoretical but only limited empirical work has suggested that excessive exploration is a critical mechanism underlying the psychiatric dimension of impulsivity. We put these theories to test using a large online sample (N=580 healthy adults), dimensional analyses, and computational modelling in a pre-registered study. Capitalising