Expectations of reward and efficacy guide cognitive control allocation

People only exert cognitive effort if they think the benefits outweigh the costs. Here, the authors show that people assess these benefits by considering expected rewards and how much their effort matters for obtaining those rewards, and then integrating these to determine how much effort to exert.

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Main Authors:	R. Frömer, H. Lin, C. K. Dean Wolf, M. Inzlicht, A. Shenhav
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Published:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b63cae7ef1e48c1a9a7f9c776fbf5dd2021-12-02T14:21:20ZExpectations of reward and efficacy guide cognitive control allocation10.1038/s41467-021-21315-z2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/5b63cae7ef1e48c1a9a7f9c776fbf5dd2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21315-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723People only exert cognitive effort if they think the benefits outweigh the costs. Here, the authors show that people assess these benefits by considering expected rewards and how much their effort matters for obtaining those rewards, and then integrating these to determine how much effort to exert.R. FrömerH. LinC. K. Dean WolfM. InzlichtA. ShenhavNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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Expectations of reward and efficacy guide cognitive control allocation

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