Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents

Abstract A presumption in previous work has been that sub-optimality in competitive performance following loss is the result of a reduction in decision-making time (i.e., post-error speeding). The main goal of this paper is to test the relationship between decision-making speed and quality, with the...

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Autor principal:	Benjamin James Dyson
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0e3dbaeadf4b4291b1aac130b88ebf182021-12-02T10:44:21ZVariability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents10.1038/s41598-021-82269-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0e3dbaeadf4b4291b1aac130b88ebf182021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82269-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract A presumption in previous work has been that sub-optimality in competitive performance following loss is the result of a reduction in decision-making time (i.e., post-error speeding). The main goal of this paper is to test the relationship between decision-making speed and quality, with the hypothesis that slowing down decision-making should increase the likelihood of successful performance in cases where a model of opponent domination can be implemented. Across Experiments 1–3, the speed and quality of competitive decision-making was examined in a zero-sum game as a function of the nature of the opponent (unexploitable, exploiting, exploitable). Performance was also examined against the nature of a credit (or token) system used as a within-experimental manipulation (no credit, fixed credit, variable credit). To compliment reaction time variation as a function of outcome, both the fixed credit and variable credit conditions were designed to slow down decision-making, relative to a no credit condition where the game could be played in quick succession and without interruption. The data confirmed that (a) self-imposed reductions in processing time following losses (post-error speeding) were causal factors in determining poorer-quality behaviour, (b) the expression of lose-shift was less flexible than the expression of win-stay, and, (c) the use of a variable credit system may enhance the perceived control participants have against exploitable opponents. Future work should seek to disentangle temporal delay and response interruption as determinants of decision-making quality against numerous styles of opponency.Benjamin James DysonNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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description	Abstract A presumption in previous work has been that sub-optimality in competitive performance following loss is the result of a reduction in decision-making time (i.e., post-error speeding). The main goal of this paper is to test the relationship between decision-making speed and quality, with the hypothesis that slowing down decision-making should increase the likelihood of successful performance in cases where a model of opponent domination can be implemented. Across Experiments 1–3, the speed and quality of competitive decision-making was examined in a zero-sum game as a function of the nature of the opponent (unexploitable, exploiting, exploitable). Performance was also examined against the nature of a credit (or token) system used as a within-experimental manipulation (no credit, fixed credit, variable credit). To compliment reaction time variation as a function of outcome, both the fixed credit and variable credit conditions were designed to slow down decision-making, relative to a no credit condition where the game could be played in quick succession and without interruption. The data confirmed that (a) self-imposed reductions in processing time following losses (post-error speeding) were causal factors in determining poorer-quality behaviour, (b) the expression of lose-shift was less flexible than the expression of win-stay, and, (c) the use of a variable credit system may enhance the perceived control participants have against exploitable opponents. Future work should seek to disentangle temporal delay and response interruption as determinants of decision-making quality against numerous styles of opponency.
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title	Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents
title_short	Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents
title_full	Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents
title_fullStr	Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents
title_full_unstemmed	Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents
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Variability in competitive decision-making speed and quality against exploiting and exploitative opponents

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