The Impact of Prior Beliefs about Volatility on Adaptive Behavior.

J Cogn · 2026 · PMC13220732 · PMID 42221918

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Additionally, a cluster in the initial learning phase showed a trend towards significance (trials 0–5: cluster-level t = 14.21, p = 0.05), suggesting slower initial learning of the cue-target contingency with a false (volatility) prior ( Figure 3D ).

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