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We highlight a fundamental psychological function that is central to many of our interactions in the environment - when to rely on memories versus sampling sensory information anew to guide behavior. By operationalizing sensorimnemonic decisions we aim to encourage and advance research into this pivotal process for understanding how memories serve adaptive cognition.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.tics.2024.12.010

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends Cogn Sci

Publication Date

23/01/2025

Keywords

attention, cognitive effort, decision making, long-term memory, metacognition, statistical decision theory, working memory