Abstract:
:Our knowledge about the state of the world is often incomplete, making it difficult to select the best course of action. One strategy that can be used to improve our ability to make decisions is to identify the causes of our ignorance (i.e., why an unexpected event might have occurred) and use estimates of the uncertainty induced by these causes to guide our learning. Here, we explain the logic behind this process and describe the evidence that human learners use estimates of uncertainty to sculpt their learning. Finally, we describe recent work suggesting that misestimation of uncertainty is involved in the development of anxiety and depression and describe how these ideas may be advanced.
journal_name
Trends Cogn Scijournal_title
Trends in cognitive sciencesauthors
Pulcu E,Browning Mdoi
10.1016/j.tics.2019.07.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-10-01 00:00:00pages
865-875issue
10eissn
1364-6613issn
1879-307Xpii
S1364-6613(19)30182-2journal_volume
23pub_type
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