Higher incentives can impair performance: neural evidence on reinforcement and rationality
Anja Achtziger; Carlos Alós‐Ferrer; Sabine Hügelschäfer; Marco Steinhauser · 2015 · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
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Abstract (excerpt)
Standard economic thinking postulates that increased monetary incentives should increase performance. Human decision makers, however, frequently focus on past performance, a form of reinforcement learning occasionally at odds with rational…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1093/scan/nsv036