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Decision Science·CSV·Updated 2022-01

Multi-Armed Bandit Decision Dataset

Behavioral decision data from a four-armed bandit fMRI experiment with 14 participants facing explore-exploit tradeoffs over 300 trials each. Published supplementary data from Daw et al. (2006, Nature Neuroscience).

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4,200

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10

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0.3 MB

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1,102

License

Academic open access

ExplorationExploitationBanditDecision MakingBehavioral
Source Data

Source

Daw et al. (2006) Cortical substrates for exploratory decisions in humans — Nature Neuroscience Supplementary Data

License: Academic open access

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2006.11.026

Known Limitations

Very small sample (n=14); results may not generalize. fMRI setting constrains ecological validity. Monetary stakes were small. Task difficulty varies over the session as reward distributions drift.