Building momentum: A computational account of persistence toward long-term goals
Fig 5
A, B. Effects on explicit instruction about prospects of alternative goals on behavior.
A. Task performance improves with instructions yet significantly falls short of the optimal prospective agent. B. Retrospective choice proportion decreases with instructions yet is significantly inflated when contrasted with the prospective agent. C. Learning effects within blocks. Panel shows the dominant suit choice probability in the first and second halves of the block (15 rounds each) in the presence and absence of explicit instructions. Preference towards the dominant choice increases in both halves of the blocks indicating a shift towards optimal goal selection in the presence of instructions.