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    "pk": 21446,
    "title": "Optimal decision-making under task uncertainty: a computational basis for cognitive stability versus flexibility",
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    "abstract": "Cognitive control is thought to regulate the conflict between stability---maintaining the current task in the face of distraction---and flexibility---switching to a new task of greater priority. However, evidence conflicts regarding when and to what extent stability and flexibility trade-off. A normative theory of flexibility and stability may help clarify when and why we should expect such trade-offs to occur. Towards such a theory, we model task-switching as a problem of decision-making under uncertainty, in which the decision-maker must simultaneously infer both the identity of a stimulus and the task governing the correct response to that stimulus. We find that optimal behavior is either extremely stable or extremely flexible, but not both, indicating a normative basis for a trade-off between the two. However, we also show that a sub-optimal but more realistic decision-maker exhibits behavior between these two extremes, and more closely resembles experimental data.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Cognitive Neuroscience; Attention; Decision making; Computational Modeling"
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    "section": "Papers with Oral Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Seth",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Madlon-Kay",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Duke University",
            "department": ""
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        {
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Pearson",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Duke University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Tobias",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Egner",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Duke University",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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