Option generation in decision-making research: why just talk?

Frontiers in Psychology

Oren Kolodny¹ 

关键词: options;    option generation;    decision making;    cognitive modeling;    experimental design;    reinforcement learning;    computational modeling;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00728

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Kalis et al. (2013) provide a lucid and useful discussion of options and option generation, and argue persuasively that these constructs can be instrumental in our understanding of decision making. I cannot agree more, but we must not be confused: Kalis et al. tell us what option generation is, but not how options are generated. To make progress, we must now build on these concepts to phrase the questions and specify the requirements that a cognitive model must fulfill; we need to embody our insights and hypotheses about the cognitive mechanisms into computational, and preferably also algorithmic, models. This will force us to bring into the open our implicit assumptions and postulates and will allow us to test hypotheses, to derive predictions and to plan experiments targeted at filling the gaps in our understanding.

【 授权许可】

CC BY