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Human Exploration Strategically Balances Approaching and Avoiding Uncertainty

2026-03-29

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<p>A central purpose of exploration is to reduce goal-relevant uncertainty. Consequentially, individuals often explore by focusing on areas of uncertainty in the environment. However, people sometimes adopt the opposite strategy, one of avoiding uncertainty. How are the conflicting tendencies to approach and avoid uncertainty reconciled in human exploration? We hypothesized that the balance between avoiding and ap...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/gtxam_v4

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