Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 21, Issue 10, Pages 725-735Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.06.008
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- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- National Science Foundation (CAREER) [1654393]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1654393] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The controllability of positive or negative environmental events has long been recognized as a critical factor determining their impact on an organism. In studies across species, controllable and uncontrollable reinforcement have been found to yield divergent effects on subsequent behavior. Here we present a model of the organizing influence of control, or a lack thereof, on the behavioral repertoire. We propose that individuals derive a generalizable estimate of agency from controllable and uncontrollable outcomes, which serves to calibrate their behavioral strategies in a manner that is most likely to be adaptive given their prior experience.
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