Working memory capacity estimates moderate value learning for outcome-irrelevant features.

ABSTRACT: To establish accurate action-outcome associations in the environment, individuals must refrain from assigning value to outcome-irrelevant features. However, studies have largely ignored the role of attentional control processes on action value updating. In the current study, we examined the extent to which working memory-a system that can filter and block the processing of irrelevant information in one's mind-also filters outcome-irrelevant information during value-based learning. For this aim, 174 individuals completed a well-established working memory capacity measurement and a reinforcement learning task designed to estimate outcome-irrelevant learning. We replicated previous studies showing a group-level tendency to assign value to tasks' response keys, despite clear instructions and p

SUBMITTER: Ben-Artzi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature