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Human Exploration in Complex Problem-Solving Tasks: More Effortful Interaction Leads to Higher Efficiency

2025-09-11

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<p>Exploration, a cornerstone of the human ability to solve novel problems, is a complex process. Most studies on human exploration used overly simple tasks that isolate variables but poorly reflect problems humans evolved to solve–limiting the generalizability of the results. To address this limitation, we introduce the Lockbox paradigm, a novel, ecologically valid, and challenging task that requires active explo...

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Literature Corpus work: 3e857b81-1f8b-5a35-a8f4-bdbaa3e113cd
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/5b3mh_v1

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