Thesis
Confidence and information seeking in decision making under uncertainty
- Abstract:
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Confidence and information-seeking are aspects of metacognition that help people make better choices under conditions of uncertainty. However, previous research has found that these metacognitive functions can vary greatly between individuals and can become maladaptively decoupled or decalibrated in psychiatric disorders. This thesis explores the relationship between confidence and information-seeking behaviour when making decisions under uncertainty, and individual differences in these me...
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+ Yeung, N
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Sub department:
Experimental Psychology
Research group:
Attention & Cognitive Control Lab
Oxford college:
University College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0003-1905-2129
+ Clark, D
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Sub department:
Experimental Psychology
Research group:
OxCADAT
Oxford college:
Magdalen College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-8173-6022
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- Deposit date:
- 2022-01-23
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- Copyright holder:
- Wei, L
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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