Myrna E Aguilar-González, Antonio Luna-González, Alonso Aguirre, Alan A Zavala-Norzagaray, Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, Héctor A González-Ocampo
Perceptions of fishers to sea turtle bycatch, illegal capture and consumption in the San Ignacio-Navachiste-Macapule lagoon complex, Gulf of California, Mexico
Integrative zoology
deciding long keep waiting delayed rewards arrive uncertain time different distributions possible reward times dictate different optimal strategies maximizing reward reward timing distributions heavytailed eg waiting hold point waiting longer advantageous opportunity cost waiting high alternatively reward timing distributions predictable timing eg uniform advantageous wait long necessary reward although people learn approximate optimal strategies little known learning occurs one possibility people learn general cognitive representation probability distribution governs reward timing infer strategy model environment another possibility learn action policy way depends narrowly direct task experience general knowledge reward timing distribution insufficient expressing optimal strategy series studies participants decided long persist delayed rewards quitting provided participants information reward timing distribution several ways whether information provided counterfactual feedback study 1 previous exposure studies 2a 2b description studies 3a 3b obviate need direct feedbackdriven learning decision context therefore learning quit waiting delayed rewards might depend taskspecific experience solely probabilistic reasoning