An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks
We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that ou...
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paper:paper_1553734X_v14_n3_p_FernandezSlezak2023-06-08T16:23:09Z An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks article decision making diffusion human human experiment problem solving response time decision making entropy physiology psychological model reaction time Decision Making Entropy Humans Models, Psychological Problem Solving Reaction Time We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving. © 2018 Fernandez Slezak et al. 2018 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1553734X_v14_n3_p_FernandezSlezak http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1553734X_v14_n3_p_FernandezSlezak |
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We present a theory of decision-making in the presence of multiple choices that departs from traditional approaches by explicitly incorporating entropic barriers in a stochastic search process. We analyze response time data from an on-line repository of 15 million blitz chess games, and show that our model fits not just the mean and variance, but the entire response time distribution (over several response-time orders of magnitude) at every stage of the game. We apply the model to show that (a) higher cognitive expertise corresponds to the exploration of more complex solution spaces, and (b) reaction times of users at an on-line buying website can be similarly explained. Our model can be seen as a synergy between diffusion models used to model simple two-choice decision-making and planning agents in complex problem solving. © 2018 Fernandez Slezak et al. |
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An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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An entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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entropic barriers diffusion theory of decision-making in multiple alternative tasks |
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