Deciding to simulate: Cognitive mechanisms of predicting the decisions of others.
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- [1] § STAR★Methods › Quantification and statistical analysis › Computational modeling ↔ Modelling code + output/EUDM_heurtest.Rmd, lines 14–71 · score 0.58 · probability matching, drift rate, Diffusion, DDM, heur, threshold
- [2] § STAR★Methods › Quantification and statistical analysis › Computational modeling ↔ Modelling code + output/parameter_recovery.Rmd, lines 53–156 · score 0.56 · highest negative log, likelihood, simulated, fitting, posterior, RT
- [3] § Results › Modeling results ↔ Modelling code + output/EUDM_heurtest.Rmd, lines 14–71 · score 0.54 · probability matching, drift rate, DDM, accumulation, heur, simulated
- [4] § STAR★Methods › Quantification and statistical analysis › Computational modeling ↔ Modelling code + output/posterior_predictive_check.Rmd, lines 56–118 · score 0.50 · posterior predictive check, iteration, simulated, RT, risky, probability
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- ```{r}
- library(readxl)
- library(tidyverse)
- library(ggplot2)
- library(rstan)
- library(DescTools)
- library(bayestestR)
- library(ggdist)
- options(mc.cores = parallel::detectCores())
- rstan_options(auto_write = TRUE)
- ```
- ```{r}
- #set up a function to simulate data using a basic DDM (i.e., one that ignores trial-to-trial information)
- gen_trial_heurDM <- function(options, drift_rate, threshold, ndt, rel_sp, noise_constant=1, dt=0.001, max_rt=10) {
- n_trials <- length(options$magnitude)
- acc <- rep(NA, n_trials)
- rt <- rep(NA, n_trials)
- max_tsteps <- max_rt/dt
- if (length(drift_rate)==1){
- drift_rate = rep(drift_rate,n_trials)
- }
- # initialize the diffusion process
- tstep <- 0
- x <- rep(rel_sp*threshold, n_trials) # vector of accumulated evidence at t=tstep
- ongoing <- rep(TRUE, n_trials) # have the accumulators reached the bound?
- # start accumulating
- while (sum(ongoing) > 0 & tstep < max_tsteps) {
- x[ongoing] <- x[ongoing] + rnorm(mean=drift_rate[ongoing]*dt,
- sd=noise_constant*sqrt(dt),
- n=sum(ongoing))
- tstep <- tstep + 1
- # ended trials
- ended_correct <- (x >= threshold)
- ended_incorrect <- (x <= 0)
- # store results and filter out ended trials
- if(sum(ended_correct) > 0) {
- acc[ended_correct & ongoing] <- 1
- rt[ended_correct & ongoing] <- dt*tstep + ndt
- ongoing[ended_correct] <- FALSE
- }
- if(sum(ended_incorrect) > 0) {
- acc[ended_incorrect & ongoing] <- 0
- rt[ended_incorrect & ongoing] <- dt*tstep + ndt
- ongoing[ended_incorrect] <- FALSE
- }
- }
- return (data.frame(trial=seq(1, n_trials), accuracy=acc, rt=rt, RM=options$magnitude, RP=options$probability, SM=options$safe_magnitude,drift_rate=drift_rate,threshold=threshold,ndt=ndt,starting_point=rel_sp))
- }
- #simulate data for X participant, with a constant drift rate (corresponding to a probability matching-like response strategy)
- options <- read_excel("K:/options_MP.xlsx")
- drifts <- c(-0.6,-0.2,0.2,0.6)
- npart <- 200
- for(d in drifts){
- for (i in 1:npart){
- sim_part_data <- gen_trial_heurDM(options, drift_rate=d, threshold=2.25, ndt=0.65, rel_sp=0.5)
- sim_part_data$participant = i
- sim_part_data$minRT <- min(sim_part_data$rt)
- #print(c(mean(sim_part_data$accuracy),mean(sim_part_data$rt[sim_part_data$accuracy==1]),mean(sim_part_data$rt[sim_part_data$accuracy==0])))
- assign(paste('sim_part_data',i, sep=''),sim_part_data)
- }
- rm(sim_part_data)
- df_list <- mget(ls(pattern = "^sim_part_data"))
- assign(paste('df_list_drift',d,sep=''),df_list)
- rm(df_list)
- }
- df_list <- mget(ls(pattern = "^df_list"))
- ```
- ```{r}
- all_rhats_below_1.1 <- function(fit_object) {
- all(summary(fit_object)$summary[,"Rhat"] < 1.1, na.rm = TRUE)
- }
- fit_and_save_model <- function(stan_file, data_for_stan, fit_obj_name, save_path, chains=4, iter=2000, warmup=750) {
- fit <- stan(file=stan_file, data=data_for_stan, chains=chains, iter=iter, warmup=warmup)
- assign(fit_obj_name, fit, envir = .GlobalEnv)
- save(list=fit_obj_name, file=save_path)
- return(fit)
- }
- # ---------- Model Specifications ----------
- model_specs <- list(
- EU = list(suffix="_EU", stan_file="K:/Erik/noncentered_EUDM_decor.stan"),
- heur = list(suffix="_heur", stan_file="K:/Erik/noncentered_heurDM.stan")
- )
- for (i in 1:length(seq_along(df_list))) {
- sim_data <- bind_rows(df_list[[i]])
- sim_data = filter(sim_data,!is.na(accuracy)==TRUE & rt>0.2)
- sim_data$accuracy_recoded = sim_data$accuracy
- sim_data[sim_data$accuracy==0, "accuracy_recoded"] = -1
- sim_data <- sim_data %>%
- group_by(participant) %>%
- mutate(participant = cur_group_id())
- minRT <- summarize(sim_data,minRT=min(rt))
- sim_data_for_stan = list(
- N = dim(sim_data)[1],
- L = length(unique(sim_data$participant)),
- accuracy = sim_data$accuracy_recoded,
- rt = sim_data$rt,
- RM = sim_data$RM,
- SM = sim_data$SM,
- RP = sim_data$RP/100,
- participant = sim_data$participant,
- minRT = minRT$minRT
- )
- fit_base_name <- paste0("fit_",substr(names(df_list)[i], 9, nchar(names(df_list)[i])))
- for (modspec in model_specs) {
- suffix <- modspec$suffix
- stan_file <- modspec$stan_file
- fit_obj_name <- paste0(fit_base_name, suffix)
- save_path <- paste0("K:/Erik/heurtest/", fit_obj_name, ".RData")
- attempt <- 1
- repeat {
- if (file.exists(save_path)) {
- load(save_path) # loads fit_obj_name variable into environment
- fit_object <- get(fit_obj_name)
- if (all_rhats_below_1.1(fit_object)) {
- message(sprintf("Rhat < 1.1 for %s, skipping fit.", fit_obj_name))
- rm(list=fit_obj_name, envir=.GlobalEnv)
- gc()
- break
- } else {
- message(sprintf("Rhat >= 1.1 for %s, refitting (attempt %d)...", fit_obj_name, attempt))
- }
- } else {
- message(sprintf("No RData for %s, fitting...", fit_obj_name))
- }
- # Fit and save
- fit_object <- fit_and_save_model(stan_file, sim_data_for_stan, fit_obj_name, save_path)
- if (all_rhats_below_1.1(fit_object)) {
- rm(list=fit_obj_name, envir=.GlobalEnv)
- gc()
- break
- } else {
- rm(list=fit_obj_name, envir=.GlobalEnv)
- gc()
- attempt <- attempt + 1
- # Optional: set a limit to avoid infinite loops
- # if(attempt > 10) stop(sprintf("Failed to fit %s after 10 attempts.", fit_obj_name))
- }
- }
- }
- }
- pars = c("mu_threshold","mu_ndt","mu_starting_point","mu_drift_scaling","mu_gamma","mu_alpha","sd_threshold","sd_ndt","sd_starting_point","sd_drift_scaling","sd_gamma","sd_alpha","z_drift_scaling[1]","z_threshold[1]","z_ndt[1]","z_starting_point[1]","z_gamma[1]","z_alpha[1]")
- ```
- ```{r}
- #perform LOO comparison to see which model wins
- library(loo)
- path <- "K:/Erik/heurtest/"
- files <- list.files(path = path, pattern = "^fit_drift", full.names = TRUE)
- #Parse drift value and model name from filenames
- extract_info <- function(filename) {
- fname <- basename(filename)
- m <- regexec("fit_drift(-?)([0-9.]+)_([A-Za-z]+)\\.RData", fname)
- parts <- regmatches(fname, m)[[1]]
- drift_val <- as.numeric(paste0(parts[2], parts[3]))
- list(
- drift = drift_val,
- model = parts[4],
- file = filename,
- fitname = gsub("\\.RData$", "", fname)
- )
- }
- info_list <- lapply(files, extract_info)
- info_df <- do.call(rbind, lapply(info_list, as.data.frame))
- rownames(info_df) <- NULL
- unique_drifts <- unique(info_df$drift)
- for (dr in unique_drifts) {
- sub <- info_df[info_df$drift == dr, ]
- if (!all(c("heur", "EU") %in% sub$model)) next
- sub <- sub[match(c("heur", "EU"), sub$model), ]
- loo_results <- list()
- names_models <- as.character(sub$model)
- for (i in 1:2) {
- load(sub$file[i]) # Object(s) loaded into the workspace
- fit <- get(as.character(sub$fitname[i]))
- ll <- extract_log_lik(fit)
- loo_results[[names_models[i]]] <- loo(ll)
- rm(list = as.character(sub$fitname[i]))
- }
- loo_compare <- loo_compare(loo_results$heur, loo_results$EU)
- drift_str <- if (dr < 0) paste0("neg", abs(dr)) else as.character(dr)
- assign(paste0("result_loo_", drift_str), list(
- drift = dr,
- loo_results = loo_results,
- loo_compare = loo_compare
- ))
- }
- # Clean workspace except loo results and needed variables
- all_objects <- ls()
- keep <- c("files", grep("^result_loo_", all_objects, value = TRUE))
- rm(list = setdiff(all_objects, keep))
- gc()
- save.image("K:/Erik/heurtest/loo_comparison_heur.RData")
- ```
- ```{r}
- #print out LOO values
- load(paste0("K:/Erik/heurtest/loo_comparison_heur.RData"))
- loo_objects <- ls(pattern = "^result_loo_")
- # Iterate over each object name, retrieve the object, and print the entire content
- for (obj_name in loo_objects) {
- cat("\nObject Name:", obj_name, "\n")
- # Retrieve the object
- loo_object <- get(obj_name)
- # Check if the object has a suitable method to be coerced into a data frame
- if (is.list(loo_object)) {
- print(loo_object$loo_compare)
- } else {
- # Fallback plan to just print if nothing else
- print(loo_object)
- }
- }
- ```
- ```{r}
- #extract the posteriors from the EUDM for the different conditions
- path = "K:/Erik/heurtest/"
- pars = c("mu_threshold","mu_ndt","mu_starting_point","mu_drift_scaling","mu_alpha","sd_threshold","sd_ndt","sd_starting_point","sd_drift_scaling","sd_alpha","z_threshold","z_ndt","z_starting_point","z_drift_scaling","z_alpha","threshold_sbj","ndt_sbj","starting_point_sbj","drift_scaling_sbj","alpha_sbj","threshold_gl","ndt_gl","starting_point_gl","drift_scaling_gl","alpha_gl","log_lik")
- files <- list.files(path = path, pattern = "_EU", full.names = TRUE)
- for (ind in 1:length(files)){
- load(files[ind])
- name <- substr(files[ind], 18, nchar(files[ind])-6)
- post <- extract(get(name),pars=pars)
- assign(paste0("post_",substr(files[ind], 27, nchar(files[ind])-9)),post)
- all_objects <- ls()
- keep <- c("files","pars",grep("^post_", all_objects, value = TRUE))
- rm(list = setdiff(all_objects, keep))
- }
- save.image(paste0(path,"EUDM_posteriors_heur.RData"))
- ```
- ```{r paged.print=FALSE}
- load(paste0(path,"EUDM_posteriors_heur.RData"))
- #getting the descriptive stats for the posterior parameter values
- cond <- c("post_-0.2","post_-0.6","post_0.2","post_0.6")
- for (ind in 1:length(cond)){
- posteriors <- get(cond[ind])
- params <- data.frame(matrix(NA,nrow=6,ncol=4))
- for (i in 1:5){
- params[i,1] <- mean(posteriors[[i+20]])
- params[i,2] <- sd(posteriors[[i+20]])
- params[i,3] <- as.numeric(hdi(posteriors[[i+20]])[2])
- params[i,4] <- as.numeric(hdi(posteriors[[i+20]])[3])
- }
- colnames(params) <- c("mean","sd","HDIl","HDIu")
- assign(paste0("params_",substr(cond[ind],6,nchar(cond[ind]))),params)
- }
- #group-level
- objects <- ls(pattern = "^params_")
- # Iterate over each object name, retrieve the object, and print the entire content
- for (obj_name in objects) {
- cat("\nObject Name:", obj_name, "\n")
- # Retrieve the object
- param_object <- get(obj_name)
- row.names(param_object) <- c("threshold","ndt","starting point","drift scaling","alpha")
- # Fallback plan to just print if nothing else
- print(param_object)
- }
- ```
- ```{r}
- #visualizing the parameters from each condition
- params <- c("threshold_gl", "ndt_gl", "starting_point_gl",
- "drift_scaling_gl", "alpha_gl")
- post_names <- ls(pattern = "^post_")
- draw_list <- lapply(post_names, function(obj_name) {
- lst <- get(obj_name)
- drift <- sub("post_", "", obj_name)
- df <- as.data.frame(lst[params]) # dataframe with param columns
- df$draw <- 1:nrow(df) # keep draw index for melting if needed
- df$condition <- drift
- df
- })
- combined_df <- bind_rows(draw_list)
- # Reshape to long format: each row is one posterior draw for one parameter and one condition
- long_df <- combined_df %>%
- pivot_longer(cols = all_of(params), names_to = "parameter", values_to = "value") %>%
- select(-draw) # Can keep 'draw' if you want to track draw index
- long_df$parameter <- factor(long_df$parameter, levels = params)
- long_df$condition <- factor(long_df$condition,levels = c(-0.6,-0.2,0.2,0.6))
- long_df <- filter(long_df,condition!="names")
- summary_df <- long_df %>%
- group_by(parameter, condition) %>%
- mean_qi(value, .width = 0.95) %>%
- rename(
- Mean = value,
- HDI_lower = .lower,
- HDI_upper = .upper
- )
- colors <- c("brown", "orange", "blue", "darkblue") # or any palette you prefer
- plot_pars <- ggplot(long_df, aes(x = value, y = condition, color = condition, fill = condition)) +
- # Crossbars for mean & interval
- geom_crossbar(data = summary_df,
- aes(x = Mean, y = condition, xmin = HDI_lower, xmax = HDI_upper, fill = condition),
- fatten = 3, width = 0.5, color = "black", alpha = 0.5,
- position = position_dodge2(width = 0.6)) +
- # For axis scaling hack (optional, see below)
- geom_point(alpha = 0, show.legend = FALSE) +
- # A red vertical line at x = 0 for reference
- scale_color_manual(values = colors) +
- scale_fill_manual(values = colors) +
- facet_wrap(~parameter, scales = "free_x", nrow = length(unique(long_df$parameter)), strip.position = "left") +
- labs(
- x = "Posterior value",
- y = "Condition (drift rate)"
- ) +
- theme_bw() +
- theme(
- strip.text.y = element_text(angle = 0, size = 13),
- axis.text.y = element_text(size = 13),
- axis.text.x = element_text(size = 12),
- axis.title.x = element_text(size = 15, margin = margin(t = 10)),
- legend.text = element_text(size = 12),
- legend.title = element_text(size = 13),
- strip.background = element_blank()
- )
- ggsave("K:/Erik/heurtest/heur_parameters.png", device = "png", plot = plot_pars, dpi = 300, height = 10, width = 6.5)
- ```
- ```{r}
- #testing for between-stage group differences
- for (cond in 1:7){
- if (cond==1){
- cond1 <- "control1"
- cond2 <- "control0"
- } else if (cond==2){
- cond1 <- "controlneutral1"
- cond2 <- "controlneutral0"
- } else if (cond==3){
- cond1 <- "main1"
- cond2 <- "main0"
- } else if (cond==4){
- cond1 <- "main2"
- cond2 <- "main0"
- } else if (cond==5){
- cond1 <- "controlneutral1"
- cond2 <- "control1"
- } else if (cond==6){
- cond1 <- "main1"
- cond2 <- "control1"
- } else if (cond==7){
- cond1 <- "main2"
- cond2 <- "control1"
- }
- threshold_dif_LP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"LP"))$threshold_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"LP"))$threshold_gl
- ndt_dif_LP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"LP"))$ndt_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"LP"))$ndt_gl
- starting_point_dif_LP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"LP"))$starting_point_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"LP"))$starting_point_gl
- drift_scaling_dif_LP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"LP"))$drift_scaling_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"LP"))$drift_scaling_gl
- alpha_dif_LP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"LP"))$alpha_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"LP"))$alpha_gl
- threshold_dif_HP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"HP"))$threshold_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"HP"))$threshold_gl
- ndt_dif_HP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"HP"))$ndt_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"HP"))$ndt_gl
- starting_point_dif_HP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"HP"))$starting_point_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"HP"))$starting_point_gl
- drift_scaling_dif_HP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"HP"))$drift_scaling_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"HP"))$drift_scaling_gl
- alpha_dif_HP <- get(paste0("post_",cond1,"HP"))$alpha_gl - get(paste0("post_",cond2,"HP"))$alpha_gl
- combined_df <- rbind(
- data.frame(Parameter = "threshold", Difference = threshold_dif_LP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "ndt", Difference = ndt_dif_LP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "starting point", Difference = starting_point_dif_LP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "drift scaling", Difference = drift_scaling_dif_LP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "alpha", Difference = alpha_dif_LP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "threshold", Difference = threshold_dif_HP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "ndt", Difference = ndt_dif_HP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "starting point", Difference = starting_point_dif_HP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "drift scaling", Difference = drift_scaling_dif_HP),
- data.frame(Parameter = "alpha", Difference = alpha_dif_HP)
- )
- combined_df$risk_group <- c(rep(0,length(combined_df$Parameter)/2),rep(2,length(combined_df$Parameter)/2))
- summary_df <- combined_df %>%
- group_by(risk_group,Parameter) %>%
- summarize(
- Mean = mean(Difference),
- HDI_lower = round(quantile(Difference, 0.025),3),
- HDI_upper = round(quantile(Difference, 0.975),3)
- )
- assign(paste0("summary_df_",cond1,"-",cond2),summary_df)
- #a "hacky" way to fix the x-axis scale for each parameter across panels, by inserting the endpoint values into the corresponding dataset
- risk_group <- c(rep(0,10),rep(2,10))
- Parameter <- rep(unique(combined_df$Parameter)[1:5],4)
- Difference <- rep(c(-0.2,-0.125,-0.15,-0.05,-1,0.75,0.01,0.2,0.01,3
- ),2)
- limits <- data.frame(Parameter,Difference,risk_group)
- combined_df <- rbind(combined_df,limits)
- if (cond1=="control0"){
- name1 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond1=="control1"){
- name1 <- "post-adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond1=="controlneutral0"){
- name1 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond1=="controlneutral1"){
- name1 <- "risk-average other"
- } else if (cond1=="main0"){
- name1 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond1=="main1"){
- name1 <- "risk-averse other"
- } else if (cond1=="main2"){
- name1 <- "risk-seeking other"
- }
- if (cond2=="control0"){
- name2 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond2=="control1"){
- name2 <- "post-adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond2=="controlneutral0"){
- name2 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond2=="controlneutral1"){
- name2 <- "risk-average other"
- } else if (cond2=="main0"){
- name2 <- "adaptation (self)"
- } else if (cond2=="main1"){
- name2 <- "risk-averse other"
- } else if (cond2=="main2"){
- name2 <- "risk-seeking other"
- }
- colors <- c('#f1e6c1','#c8f1c8')
- # plot_pars <- ggplot(combined_df, aes(x = Difference, y = Parameter,color=as.factor(risk_group))) +
- # #geom_point(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean), size = 3,alpha=2) +
- # geom_crossbar(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean, y = Parameter, xmin = HDI_lower, xmax = HDI_upper,fill=as.factor(risk_group)), fatten = 3, width = 0.75,color="black",alpha=0.5,position=position_dodge2(width=0.5)) +
- # geom_vline(xintercept = 0, color = "black", linetype = "dashed") +
- # #geom_errorbar(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean, y = Parameter, xmin = HDI_lower, xmax = HDI_upper), width = 0.3,) +
- # scale_color_manual(values = colors, labels = c('Low probability', 'High probability')) +
- # scale_fill_manual(values = colors, labels = c('Low probability', 'High probability')) +
- # facet_grid(Parameter ~ ., scales = "free_y", space = "free_y") +
- # labs(x = paste0("Difference ",name1," - \n",name2), y = NULL) +
- # theme_bw() +
- # xlim(c(-0.9,2.7)) +
- # labs(fill="Risk group") +
- # theme(strip.text = element_blank(),
- # axis.text.y=element_text(size=11),
- # axis.text.x=element_text(size=11),
- # axis.title.x=element_text(size=13,margin = margin(t = 10)),
- # legend.text=element_text(size=11),
- # legend.title=element_text(size=13)
- # )
- # ggsave(paste0("dif_",cond1,"-",cond2,".png"), device = "png", plot = plot_pars, dpi = 300, height = 5, width = 6)
- plot_pars <- ggplot(combined_df, aes(x = Difference, y = Parameter,color=as.factor(risk_group))) +
- #geom_point(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean), size = 3,alpha=2) +
- geom_crossbar(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean, y = Parameter, xmin = HDI_lower, xmax = HDI_upper,fill=as.factor(risk_group)), fatten = 3, width = 0.75,color="black",alpha=0.5,position=position_dodge2(width=0.5)) +
- geom_vline(xintercept = 0, color = "red", linewidth=1.5, linetype = "dashed") +
- geom_point(alpha=0,show.legend=FALSE) + #part of the "hack" solution to fix the x-axis scale across panels (because it takes into account values created in "limits" above)
- #geom_errorbar(data = summary_df, aes(x = Mean, y = Parameter, xmin = HDI_lower, xmax = HDI_upper), width = 0.3,) +
- scale_color_manual(values = colors, labels = c('Low probability', 'High probability')) +
- scale_fill_manual(values = colors, labels = c('Low probability', 'High probability')) +
- facet_wrap(~ Parameter, scales = "free", nrow = length(unique(combined_df$Parameter)),
- drop = TRUE) +
- labs(x = paste0("Difference ",name1," - \n",name2), y = NULL) +
- theme_bw() +
- labs(fill="Risk group") +
- theme(strip.text = element_blank(),
- axis.text.y=element_text(size=13),
- axis.text.x=element_text(size=12),
- axis.title.x=element_text(size=15,margin = margin(t = 10)),
- legend.text=element_text(size=12),
- legend.title=element_text(size=13)
- )
- ggsave(paste0("dif_",cond1,"-",cond2,".png"), device = "png", plot = plot_pars, dpi = 300, height = 7, width = 6.5)
- }
- ```
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- Department of Psychology and Hamburg Center of Neural and Cognitive Systems, University of Hamburg, Von-Melle Park 11, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Abstract
Existing behavioral and neural evidence suggests that people rely on mental simulation when predicting others’ decisions. If true, making predictions with a biased decision system should result in biased predictions. We tested this idea directly by biasing participants’ risk valuation through adaptation to either high- or low-probability contexts and then asking them to predict the choices of three distinct agents (risk-average, risk-averse, risk-seeking). The adaptation manipulation biased participants’ predictions for the risk-average and risk-averse agents, suggesting simulation with their own (biased) decision process when predicting these agents. In contrast, there was no adaptation effect for the risk-seeking agent. Similarly, participants’ own risk tendencies correlated with predictions for the risk-average and risk-averse, but not the risk-seeking agent. Drift diffusion modeling analyses showed that this adaptation bias was the result of changes in participants’ risk valuation parameter. Overall, these findings support simulation-based prediction while suggesting a modulating role of the other person’s characteristics.
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data_analysis_behav.Rmd , R, 1,140 lines - Modelling code + output/
EUDM_heurtest.Rmd , R, 505 lines, 2 matches - Modelling code + output/
fit_models_stan.Rmd , R, 400 lines - Modelling code + output/
noncentered_EUDM_decor.s , Stan, 137 linestan - Modelling code + output/
noncentered_EVDM.stan , Stan, 127 lines - Modelling code + output/
noncentered_PTDM_decor.s , Stan, 151 linestan - Modelling code + output/
noncentered_heurDM.stan , Stan, 111 lines - Modelling code + output/
parameter_recovery.Rmd , R, 243 lines, 1 match - Modelling code + output/
posterior_parameters_vis , R, 504 lines.Rmd - Modelling code + output/
posterior_predictive_che , R, 681 lines, 1 matchck.Rmd
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Stuchlý, E., Bavard, S., & Gluth, S. (2026). Deciding to simulate: Cognitive mechanisms of predicting the decisions of others. iScience, 29(7), 116047. https://
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@article{stuchly2026deci
author = {Stuchlý, Erik and Bavard, Sophie and Gluth, Sebastian},
title = {{Deciding to simulate: Cognitive mechanisms of predicting the decisions of others}},
journal = {iScience},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {29},
number = {7},
pages = {116047},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {2589-0042},
doi = {10.1016/
url = {https://
pmid = {42389597},
pmcid = {PMC13319925}
}
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