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Costs and benefits of communicating vigor
Cristina Becchio1, Kiri Pullar1,2, Stefano Panzeri2
1Cognition, Motion & Neuroscience, Center for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16152Genoa, Italycristina.becchio@iit.it; https://www.iit.it/people/cristina-becchio; kiri.pullar@iit.it; https://www.iit.it/people/kiri-pullar.
Abstract:
Why do we run toward people we love, but only walk toward others? One reason is to let them know we love them. In this commentary, we elaborate on how subjective utility information encoded in vigor is read out by others. We consider the potential implications for understanding and modeling the link between movements and decisions in social environments.
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