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Goal-Directed Decision Making: Computations and Neural Circuits
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- 作 者：Richard W. Morris
- 出 版 社：Elsevier
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- I S B N：9780128120989
- 页 数：484
- 所 属 分 类： 心理学
- 供 货 周 期: 6
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How many ways can we decide? Neuroscientists know much about the workings that underlie many types of decisions, from unconsidered habits to imaginative solutions in never-before-seen situations. The forms of these behaviors is determined by the neural circuits involved, the computations those circuits perform, and the information those computations require. This book explores these three facets of deliberative, goal-directed decision making. Goal-directed decisions are those that are guided by their expected consequences rather than by external stimuli or by habit. They are defined by two factors: our belief that a decision will lead to a specific outcome, and our desire for that outcome. In the past decades, researchers have developed criteria to identify and measure goal-directed behavior. At the same time, the broader field of decision making has expanded to incorporate ideas related to flexible behaviors such as cognitive control, economic choice, and Bayesian inference, as well as that motivation, context, and cues have on behavior and decision making. Goal-Directed Decision Making examines the role of goal-directed choice across these areas. It begins with an examination of the computations performed by the associated circuits, and moves on to provide in-depth examinations into how goal-directed learning interacts with other forms of choice and response selection, as well as coverage of how our goal-directed decision making changes in light of cognitive and behavioral disorders. Goal-Directed Decision Making embraces the multidisciplinary nature of this area of decision making, integrating our knowledge of goal-directed decision making from basic, computational, clinical, and ethological research into a single resource that will be invaluable for neuroscientists, psychologists, and computer scientists alike. Key features, Details the neural circuits that drive goal-directed decision making, and the computations these circuits, Discusses changes in goal-directed decision making across development, in social contexts, and in clinical disorders such as OCD, schizophrenia and addiction, Synthesizes research from neuroscience, psychology, and computer science to offer a unique perspective central and emerging issues in goal-directed decision making. Book jacket.
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