The rationality principle postulates that decision-makers always choose the best action
available to them. It underlies most modern theories of decision-making. The principle does not …

Life presents us with problems of varying complexity. Yet, complexity is not accounted for in
theories of human decision-making. Here we study instances of the knapsack problem, a …

In a dynamic world, an accurate model of the environment is vital for survival, and agents
ought regularly to seek out new information with which to update their world models. This …

In a dynamic world, accurate beliefs about the environment are vital for survival, and individuals
should therefore regularly seek out new information with which to update their beliefs. …

Modern theories of decision-making typically model uncertainty about decision options
using the tools of probability theory. This is exemplified by the Savage framework, the most …

The processing of rewards and losses are crucial to everyday functioning. Considerable
interest has been attached to investigating the anticipation and outcome phases of reward and …

Compulsive tendencies are a central feature of problematic human behavior and thereby
are of great interest to the scientific and clinical community. However, no consensus exists …

Here, we briefly review the evolution of research on human decision-making over the past
few decades. We discern a trend whereby biology moves from subserving economics (…

Novel multivariate pattern classification analyses have enabled the prediction of decision
outcomes from brain activity prior to decision-makers’ reported awareness. These findings are …

Food product health warnings have been proposed as a potential obesity prevention strategy.
This study examined the effects of text-only and text-and-graphic, negatively and positively …