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The effect of self-focus on personal and social foraging behaviour

George Zacharopoulos, Amitai Shenhav, Sara Constantino, Gregory R Maio, David E J Linden

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume: 13, Issue: 9, Pages: 967 - 975

Swansea University Author: George Zacharopoulos

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/scan/nsy057

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The continuous balancing of the risks and benefits of exploiting known options or exploring new opportunities is essential to human life. We forage for new opportunities when they are deemed to be more attractive than the available option, but this decision to forage also entails costs. People diffe...

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ISSN: 1749-5016 1749-5024
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