Humans account for cognitive costs when finding shortcuts: An information-theoretic analysis of navigation
G. L. Lancia, M. Eluchans, M. D'Alessandro, H. J. Spiers, G. Pezzulo
This study uses InfoRL to analyze how people balance route efficiency and cognitive cost in navigation, finding that shortcut-seeking involves less optimal but cognitively cheaper strategies.
bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition