Reviewing explore/exploit decision-making as a transdiagnostic target for psychosis, depression, and anxiety.

ABSTRACT: In many everyday decisions, individuals choose between trialling something novel or something they know well. Deciding when to try a new option or stick with an option that is already known to you, known as the "explore/exploit" dilemma, is an important feature of cognition that characterises a range of decision-making contexts encountered by humans. Recent evidence has suggested preferences in explore/exploit biases are associated with psychopathology, although this has typically been examined within individual disorders. The current review examined whether explore/exploit decision-making represents a promising transdiagnostic target for psychosis, depression, and anxiety. A systematic search of academic databases was conducted, yielding a total of 29 studies. Studies examining psychosis

SUBMITTER: Lloyd A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390819 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature