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We Learn Faster When We Aren’t Told What Choices to Make.
The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking
By Michele Solis
This observation means the brain is primed to learn with a bias that is pegged to our freely chosen actions. Choice tips the balance of learning: for the same action and outcome, the brain learns differently and more quickly from free choices than forced ones.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-learn-faster-when-we-arent-told-what-choices-to-make/
Paper
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0919-5