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Banavar NV, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Decision difficulty modulates the re-use of computations across trials in non-sequential decision tasks.
Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
[pdf]
Harhen NC, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Humans adapt their foraging strategies and computations to environment complexity.
Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
[pdf]
Yoo J, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Two-stage task with increased state space complexity to assess online planning.
Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
[pdf]
Kane GA, Bornstein AM, Shenhav A, Wilson RC, Daw ND, Cohen JD (2017).
Mechanisms of overharvesting in patch foraging.Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 637-642.
[pdf]
Bornstein AM
(2014).
Functions of the hippocampal memory system in instrumental control.
Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (3614853).
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