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SUBMITTER: Van den Driessche C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662844 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van den Driessche Charlotte C Chevrier Françoise F Cleeremans Axel A Sackur Jérôme J
Scientific reports 20190729 1
When engaged in a search task, one needs to arbitrate between exploring and exploiting the environment to optimize the outcome. Many intrinsic, task and environmental factors are known to influence the exploration/exploitation balance. Here, in a non clinical population, we show that the level of inattention (assessed as a trait) is one such factor: children with higher scores on an ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) questionnaire exhibited longer transitions between consecutively r ...[more]