Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing.

ABSTRACT: When making decisions in everyday life, we often rely on an internally generated sense of confidence to help us revise and direct future behaviours. For instance, confidence directly informs whether further information should be sought prior to commitment to a final decision. Many studies have shown that aging and both clinical and sub-clinical symptoms of psychopathology are associated with systematic alterations in confidence. However, it remains unknown whether these confidence distortions influence information-seeking behaviour. We investigated this question in a large general population sample (N = 908). Participants completed a battery of psychiatric symptom questionnaires and performed a perceptual decision-making task with confidence ratings in which they were offered the option to

SUBMITTER: Mohr G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372192 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature