Gain control explains the effect of distraction in human perceptual, cognitive, and economic decision making [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

When making decisions, humans are often distracted by irrelevant information. Distraction has a different impact on perceptual, cognitive, and value-guided choices, giving rise to well-described behavioral phenomena such as the tilt illusion, conflict adaptation, or economic decoy effects. However, a single, unified model that can account for all these phenomena...

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