Publications
Instrumental Behavior in Humans Is Sensitive to the Correlation Between Response Rate and Reward Rate
Authors: Perez, O. D. Instrumental behavior in humans is sensitive to the correlation between response rate and reward rate. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 28,...
A Theory of Actions and Habits: The Interaction of Rate Correlation and Contiguity Systems in Free-Operant Behavior
Authors: Perez, O. D., & Dickinson, A. A theory of actions and habits: The interaction of rate correlation and contiguity systems in free-operant behavior. Psychological Review, 127 (6),...
Evidence for a Dissociation Between Causal Beliefs and Instrumental Actions
Authors: Perez, O. D., & Soto, F. A. Evidence for a dissociation between causal beliefs and instrumental actions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73 (4),...
Actions and Habits: Psychological Issues in Dual-System Theory
Authors: Dickinson, A., & Perez, O. D. Actions and Habits: Psychological issues in Dual-System Theory. In R.W. Morris & A. Bornstein (Eds.) Goal-Directed Decision Making: Computations and...
Human Instrumental Performance in Ratio and Interval Contingencies: A Challenge for Associative Theory
Authors: Perez, O. D., et al. Human instrumental performance in ratio and interval contingencies: A challenge for associative theory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(2),...
Computational Approaches to Habits in a Model-Free World
Authors: Pauli, W. M., Cockburn, J., Pool, E. R., Perez, O. D., et al. Computational approaches to habits in a model-free world. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 20,...
Exploring the Effect of Stimulus Similarity on the Summation Effect in Causal Learning
Authors: Perez, O. D., San Martin, R., & Soto, F. A. Exploring the Effect of Stimulus Similarity on the Summation Effect in Causal Learning. Experimental Psychology, 65, 183-200....
A Re-Examination of Responding on Ratio and Regulated-Probability Interval Schedules
Authors: Perez, O. D., Aitken, M. R. F., Milton, A. L., & Dickinson, A. Revisits the patterns of responding under ratio and regulated-probability interval schedules to challenge existing...
The Effect of Extinction and Causal Degradation on the Goal-Directed Status of an Action
Authors: Perez, O. D., Oh, S., Dickinson, A., & Merlo, E. Explores how extinction and causal degradation influence the goal-directed nature of actions, shedding light on learning and behavioral...
Confirmation Bias Optimizes Reward Learning
Authors: Tarantola, T., Folke, T., Boldt, A., Perez, O. D., & De Martino, B. Confirmation bias optimizes reward learning. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.27.433214