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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Decision Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Value-based decisions are crucial for goal-directed actions.
  • Embodied choice models propose that concurrent action execution influences decision-making processes.
  • Understanding the interplay between action costs, cognitive interference, and decisions is vital.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how changes in action costs and cognitive interference affect value-based decisions during concurrent action execution.
  • To test predictions from embodied choice models regarding the modulation of decisions by concurrent actions.
  • To differentiate the contributions of action costs and cognitive interference to decision biases.

Main Methods:

  • A novel computerized multilane tracking task was developed.
  • Participants (N=50) controlled a cursor, making value-based lane-switching decisions to avoid obstacles or collect rewards while concurrently tracking lanes.
  • Action costs varied based on cursor position, and cognitive interference was manipulated.

Main Results:

  • Value-based lane-switching decisions were significantly biased by the cursor's state.
  • Minimizing action costs partially explained this bias.
  • A substantial portion of the bias was attributable to cognitive interference between concurrent actions and decision-making.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support embodied choice models by demonstrating that concurrent action execution impacts value-based decisions.
  • Both cognitive interference and action costs are significant factors influencing these decisions.
  • The study highlights the embodied nature of decision-making, where physical actions and cognitive load interact.