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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Decision Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Individuals adapt memory strategies based on perceived utility.
  • The bounded rationality of individual memory strategy choices remains under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test if individuals' memory strategy choices are boundedly optimal.
  • To investigate if choices align with experience, cognitive limits, and rewards.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments using a no-choice/choice utility learning paradigm.
  • Eliciting individual performance profiles across strategy spaces.
  • Testing predicted choices against observed behavior.

Main Results:

  • A majority of participants selected boundedly optimal memory strategies.
  • Individual differences in strategy selection were accurately predicted.
  • The findings support the bounded optimality of memory strategy adaptation.

Conclusions:

  • Human memory strategy selection demonstrates bounded optimality.
  • Cognitive constraints and rewards significantly influence strategic choices.
  • Further research is needed on non-optimal adaptation and anticipatory strategies.