The computational roots of positivity and confirmation biases in reinforcement learning.

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• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Trends in Cognitive Sciences

• Publication date

  2022-05-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2022.04.005PMID 35662490
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