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  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Traditional planning research uses artificial tasks (e.g., Chess, bandit problems).
  • A model for naturalistic planning (e.g., navigation, search) integrating perception and cognition is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce a novel Maze Search Task (MST) for naturalistic spatial planning research.
  • Evaluate computational models of planning, including optimal and heuristic approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a spatial Maze Search Task (MST) with situated costs and rewards.
  • Conducted two behavioral experiments comparing computational planning models.
  • Assessed models including expected utility, one-step heuristics, and perception-cognition interaction planners.

Main Results:

  • Deviations from optimal expected utility planning are best explained by limited planning horizons.
  • Results suggest cognitive mechanisms like numerosity and probability perception may also influence human planning.
  • Limited planning horizon generalizes to spatial planning tasks.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a novel theoretical contribution to understanding spatial planning.
  • Demonstrates the utility of a multi-model approach for cognitive research.
  • Highlights the importance of perception-cognition interactions in naturalistic planning.