TY - JOUR
T1 - Foraging extends beyond food
T2 - Hoarding of mental energy and information seeking in response to uncertainty
AU - Alquist, Jessica L.
AU - Baumeister, Roy F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - When an environment is uncertain, humans and other animals benefit from preparing for and attempting to predict potential outcomes. People respond to uncertainty both by conserving mental energy on tasks unrelated to the source of the uncertainty and by increasing their attentiveness to information related to the uncertainty. This mental hoarding and foraging allow people to prepare in uncertain situations.
AB - When an environment is uncertain, humans and other animals benefit from preparing for and attempting to predict potential outcomes. People respond to uncertainty both by conserving mental energy on tasks unrelated to the source of the uncertainty and by increasing their attentiveness to information related to the uncertainty. This mental hoarding and foraging allow people to prepare in uncertain situations.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063900584&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X18001838
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X18001838
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30940228
AN - SCOPUS:85063900584
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 42
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e38
ER -