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Evolution of behavioral flexibility and the forming and breaking of habits

2025-08-29

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The formation of habits, whereby learnt actions come to be performed automatically with repetition and practice, is a well-established focus for studies in psychology. This contrasts with evolutionarily motivated studies of learning, which typically view behavior as either learnt or fixed, to elucidate the ecological conditions where each predominates. Here, we envisage habit formation functioning to free up limit...

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Literature Corpus work: 36b30ec0-f11c-5637-8d31-2fb0c77cb6ad
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.29.673035

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