P-2A.19

Humans use Newtonian physics in intuitive sensorimotor decisions under risk

Fabian Tatai, Dominik Straub, Constantin Rothkopf, Technichal University of Darmstadt, Germany

Session:
Posters 2A Poster

Track:
Cognitive science

Location:
North Schools

Presentation Time:
Fri, 25 Aug, 13:00 - 15:00 United Kingdom Time

Abstract:
How do humans make decisions under risk? This question has classically been studied with choices between uncertain gambles involving explicit monetary rewards, which have long been known not to maximize expected utility. In contrast, sensorimotor actions, which have more recently been also been modeled as decisions under risk, are well described by statistical decision theory in many tasks. However, because many naturalistic scenarios of sensorimotor decisions are inescapably governed by the laws of physics, the question arises, how humans act under circumstances in which sensorimotor decision require intuitive physical knowledge. Here, we integrate intuitive physics with sensorimotor decision-making. In an experiment, participants slid pucks to target areas, providing gains and losses in a virtual environment so that the uncertainty inherent in motor control interacts with the physical relationships governing object motion. Using computational modeling with several generative models of participants' sliding actions, we find evidence that humans use Newtonian physics in their motor decisions for scenarios with prospective economic outcomes.

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DOI:
10.32470/CCN.2023.1580-0
Publication:
2023 Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience
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