A Novel Approach-Avoidance Task to Study Decision Making Under Outcome Uncertainty
Ziwei Cheng, Nadja Rita Ging-Jehli, Maisy Tarlow, Joonhwa Kim, Henry W. Chase, Manan Arora, Lisa K. Bonar, Ricki Stiffler, Alex Grattery, Simona Graur, Michael J. Frank, Mary L. Phillips, Amitai Shenhav
This paper introduces a novel task to study decision-making under outcome uncertainty and uses computational models to analyze how people balance approach and avoidance behaviors.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · Mar 17, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience