The dynamics of explore-exploit decisions suggest a threshold mechanism for reduced random exploration in older adults

• Caroline E. Phelps ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: carolinephelps@gatech.edu (CEP); bob.wilson@gatech.edu (RCW)

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-6167

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• Alec E. Frisvold,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Meghna Sreeram,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Victoria D. Antoniou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Larissa E. Oliveira,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Sierra R. Tooke,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Yan Z. Lu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Anna C. Lemon,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Joseph U. Fraire,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Alexe G. Delval,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Betsy K. Smith,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Devynn H. Spangenberg,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Madelien N. Mithelavage,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Michelle N. Ngo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0137-7387

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• Elizabeth M. O. Keller,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Liliana J. Issac,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Sara A. Harader,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Jack-Morgan Mizell,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Siyu Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-7468

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• Waitsang Keung,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Mark H. Sundman,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Mary-Kathryn Franchetti,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Ying-hui Chou,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, McKnight Brain Research Foundation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Gene E. Alexander,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, McKnight Brain Research Foundation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Neuroscience and Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

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• Robert C. Wilson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carolinephelps@gatech.edu (CEP); bob.wilson@gatech.edu (RCW)

  Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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