Modeling the mind of a predator: Interactive cognitive maps support flexible avoidance of dynamic threats

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<p>Successful avoidance of recurrent threats depends on inferring threatening agents’ preferences and predicting their movement patterns accordingly. However, it remains largely unknown how the human brain achieves this, despite the fact that many natural threats are posed by complex, dynamic agents that act according to their own goals. Here, we propose that humans exploit an interactive cognitive map of the soci...

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• Brain Mapping
• Catechol O-Methyltransferase
• Decision Making
• Dopamine
• Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32
• Learning
• Models, Psychological
• Reinforcement, Psychology

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Literature Corpus work

4293ce08-4f83-5eb2-8e2d-29189683b9b9

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/6d4z7