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The balance between perseveration and volatility: The interaction dynamics of meta-control parameters and situational demands across different control-dilemmas
The balance between perseverative and volatile behavior is a central topic of the CRC. A biased balance is assumed to underlie erratic behavior and psychological impairments. Investigating the mechanisms establishing this balance is, hence, of central importance to avoid or alleviate such dysfunctions. In our project, we ask which neural parameters regulate the individual balance in perseverative and volatile behavior, how this individual balance interacts with situational demands, and how it influences goal-driven behavior in instruction based tasks as well as value-based decision making. We follow an approach based on attractor dynamics and apply time-continuous measures – mouse tracking, eye tracking, and EEG frequency tagging – dovetailed with time-continuous dynamic neural field modelling. Harvesting the dynamics of the cognitive processes involved in the used set-shifting and decision-making tasks allows the project to investigate (1) the neural parameters regulating the interaction dynamics of inter-individual differences in the balance between perseverative and volatility and situational demands and (2) how these mechanisms generalize from instruction based goals to value-based decision making. This way, we derive a detailed theoretical picture of the processes and parameters underlying the balance between perseverative and volatile behavior.
Project Members
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Stefan Scherbaum
Professor for Research Methods and Cognitive Modelling
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-33258
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Dr. Caroline Surrey
Project leader/ Postdoctoral researcher
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-37899
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Pannasch
Professur für Ingenieurpsychologie und angewandte Kognitionsforschung
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-34221
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Staff members
M.Sc. Judith Herbers
Doctoral researcher
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-42430
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M.Sc. Peggy Wehner
Doctoral researcher
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-33639
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Former staff members
Dipl.-Psych. Tobias Grage
Doctoral researcher
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-33639
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M.Sc. Martin Schoemann
Doctoral researcher
Phone: +49 (0)351 463-37899
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Dr. M.Sc. Ulrike Senftleben
Postdoctoral researcher
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Publications
Scherbaum S, Lade SJ, Siegmund S, Goschke T, Dshemuchadse M (2022) From single decisions to sequential choice patterns: Extending the dynamics of value-based decision-making. PLoS ONE 17(4): e0267249. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267249
Fard, P. R., Bitzer, S., Pannasch, S., & Kiebel, S. J. (2022). Stochastic Motion Stimuli Influence Perceptual Choices in Human Participants. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, 1893. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.749728
Kührt, C., Pannasch, S., Kiebel, S. J., & Strobel, A. (2021). Dispositional individual differences in cognitive effort investment: establishing the core construct. BMC Psychology, 9, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00512-x
Scherbaum, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2020). Psychometrics of the continuous mind: Measuring cognitive sub-processes via mouse tracking. Memory & Cognition, 48(3), 436–454.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-00981-x
Schoemann, M., Lüken, M., Grage, T., Kieslich, P. J., & Scherbaum, S.(2019). Validating mouse-tracking: How design factors influence action dynamics in intertemporal decision making. Behavior Research Methods, 51(5), 2356–2377. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1179-4
Schoemann, M., O’Hora, D., Dale, R., & Scherbaum, S. (2021). Using mouse cursor tracking to investigate online cognition: Preserving methodological ingenuity while moving toward reproducible science.Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(3), 766–787.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01851-3
Schoemann, M., Schulte‐Mecklenbeck, M., Renkewitz, F., & Scherbaum, S.(2019). Forward inference in risky choice: Mapping gaze and decision processes. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32, 521-535.https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2129
Senftleben, U., Kruse, J., Korb, F. M., Goetz, S., & Scherbaum, S. (2021). Is value-based choice repetition susceptible to medial frontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)? A preregistered study. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00889-7
Senftleben, U., & Scherbaum, S. (2021). Mid-frontal Theta during Conflict in a Value-based Decision Task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01741
Senftleben, U., Schoemann, M., Rudolf, M., & Scherbaum, S. (2021). To stay or not to stay: The stability of choice perseveration in value-based decision making. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(1), 199–217. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820964330
Senftleben, U., Schoemann, M., Schwenke, D., Richter, S., Dshemuchadse, M., & Scherbaum, S. (2019). Choice perseveration in value-based decisionmaking: The impact of inter-trial interval and mood. Acta Psychologica, 198, 102876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102876
Schoemann, M., Lüken, M., Grage, T., Kieslich, P. J., & Scherbaum, S. (in press). Validating mouse-tracking: How design factors influence action dynamics in intertemporal decision making. Behavior Research Methods. doi:10.3758/s13428-018-1179-4
Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2018). A bird in the hand isn’t good for long: Action dynamics reveal short-termed choice impulses in intertemporal choices. Experimental Psychology, 65(1),23-31. doi:10.1027/1618-3169/a000385
Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2018). Step by step: Harvesting the dynamics of delay discounting decisions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(4), 949-964. doi:10.1080/17470218.2017.1307863
Scherbaum, S., Haber, P., Morley, K., Underhill, D., & Moustafa, A. A. (2018). Biased and less sensitive: A gamified approach to delay discounting in heroin addiction. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 40(2),139-150. doi:10.1080/13803395.2017.1324022
Scherbaum, S., & Kieslich, P. J. (2018). Stuck at the starting line: How the starting procedure influences mouse-tracking data. Behavioral Research Methods, 50(5), 2097-2110. doi:10.3758/s13428-017-0977-4