Mental Effort Cost Learning is Retrospective
Asako Mitsuto Nagase, Rei Akaishi, Keiichi Onoda, Kenji Morita, Toshikazu Kawagoe, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Ritsuko Hanajima, Andrew Westbrook
This study shows mental effort cost learning is retrospective, updating decisions based on prediction errors at effort completion, not during the task.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience