Human goal-directed behavior is resistant to interventions on the action-outcome contingency
Omar David Perez, Sarah Oh, Anthony Dickinson, Jose Arenas, Emiliano Merlo
The paper tests how human goal-directed behavior responds to interventions disrupting action-outcome contingencies, finding that behavior remains sensitive to outcome value despite these interventions.
BMC Psychology · Feb 14, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition