Nature Human Behaviour
Drawing from a broad spectrum of social, biological, health, and physical science disciplines, this journal publishes research of outstanding significance into any aspect of individual or collective human behaviour.
Stable isotope evidence for pre-colonial maize agriculture and animal management in the Bolivian Amazon
Biochemical analysis of the bone collagen of humans and muscovy ducks reveals the significance of maize to diets at the same time as significant socioeconomic complexity.
Reinforcement learning shapes economic preferences in 11 [very different] countries
We sampled economic preferences in 11 countries through decision-making tasks. Option values were either disclosed overtly, or learned through reinforcement learning. Risk and cultural differences conditioned preferences when values were disclosed, but not when learned through trial-and-error.
Patients with prefrontal damage less susceptible to sunk cost biases
A new study found that individuals with brain damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex are less likely to over-persist with goals than healthy people, leading to the surprising result that they behave more 'rationally' in cases where abandoning failing goals leads to better outcomes.
