Thea Zalabak
@theazalabak.bsky.social
she/her, lab manager/RA for CDM and CCP labs at WUSTL
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Check out @theazalabak.bsky.social's cool new paper on model-based planning during foraging. She's applying for grad school this season, so keep your eyes out!
How do people decide whether to stay with a good thing or leave in search of something better? In her new paper, @theazalabak.bsky.social explores how model-based planning guides foraging decisions in structured environments.
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Model-based planning in structured foraging environments
In order to maximize reward, humans need to balance engaging with currently available sources of reward and searching for better ones. Optimal foragin…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Check out @theazalabak.bsky.social's cool new paper on model-based planning during foraging. She's applying for grad school this season, so keep your eyes out!
My first, first-author paper on model-based planning in structured foraging environments is out now in Cognition!
How do people decide whether to stay with a good thing or leave in search of something better? In her new paper, @theazalabak.bsky.social explores how model-based planning guides foraging decisions in structured environments.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Model-based planning in structured foraging environments
In order to maximize reward, humans need to balance engaging with currently available sources of reward and searching for better ones. Optimal foragin…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My first, first-author paper on model-based planning in structured foraging environments is out now in Cognition!
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Three new CDML publications to start off 2025!
First up: research on multidimensional control from @davideghez.bsky.social in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social! Across three behavioral experiments and with computational modeling, Davide shows that people adapt control in a distractor-specific fashion.
First up: research on multidimensional control from @davideghez.bsky.social in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social! Across three behavioral experiments and with computational modeling, Davide shows that people adapt control in a distractor-specific fashion.
Distractor-specific control adaptation in multidimensional environments - Nature Human Behaviour
Gheza and Kool show that, in multidimensional environments, people allocate attention to individual distractors on the basis of their interference with the current task. They develop a neural model th...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Three new CDML publications to start off 2025!
First up: research on multidimensional control from @davideghez.bsky.social in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social! Across three behavioral experiments and with computational modeling, Davide shows that people adapt control in a distractor-specific fashion.
First up: research on multidimensional control from @davideghez.bsky.social in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social! Across three behavioral experiments and with computational modeling, Davide shows that people adapt control in a distractor-specific fashion.
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My group, the Control and Decision Making Lab, is at Psychonomics _and_ SJDM this year! Members of our lab will present two talks and two posters on Friday at Psychonomics, and we have two more posters at SJDM on Sunday. Come say hi! #psynom24
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
My group, the Control and Decision Making Lab, is at Psychonomics _and_ SJDM this year! Members of our lab will present two talks and two posters on Friday at Psychonomics, and we have two more posters at SJDM on Sunday. Come say hi! #psynom24
Getting ready to go present at #psynom23!! Come check out our lab’s cool new work!
My team and I are Psychonomics! I haven't been at conferences in a long time, so I'd love to say hi and show you the cool research my team has been up to. We have four posters on four different research projects involving control and decision making. Details in the pics. #psychscisky #psynom23
November 16, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Getting ready to go present at #psynom23!! Come check out our lab’s cool new work!
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My team and I are Psychonomics! I haven't been at conferences in a long time, so I'd love to say hi and show you the cool research my team has been up to. We have four posters on four different research projects involving control and decision making. Details in the pics. #psychscisky #psynom23
November 16, 2023 at 10:03 PM
My team and I are Psychonomics! I haven't been at conferences in a long time, so I'd love to say hi and show you the cool research my team has been up to. We have four posters on four different research projects involving control and decision making. Details in the pics. #psychscisky #psynom23