- 🚨 New paper alert! Do time constraints reveal habitual behaviour? 🤔 We directly compared two major paradigms in the habit research field (Outcome Devaluation vs Response Remapping) under identical training and forced-response conditions 🧠 ⏲️ ⌨️ preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...Jul 8, 2025 09:55
- We observed: same S–R–O training, opposite habit expression patterns between paradigms! 🤯 habitual responses increased with more time in Outcome Devaluation – Remapping replicated classic findings: habits peaked under time pressure and faded with time 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- We argue that these tasks probe distinct cognitive processes: 🔁 Response Remapping → automatic response preparation 🛑 Outcome Devaluation → response inhibition (& S–O knowledge!) (lab-developed) #Habits aren’t one thing 👏 they're task-, context-, and process-dependent! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Our findings offer a potential explanation for why outcome devaluation studies often fail to detect habits: ✅ The paradigm may primarily probe goal-directed control, rather than reveal habits under time pressure. Paradigm choice is important in both theory & replication 💡 Feedback highly welcome!
- This study was shaped by a lot of persistence! 💪 Huge thanks to my brilliant co-authors and collaborators: Steph Suddell @stephsuddell.bsky.social, Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social, Eike Buabang @eikekofi.bsky.social, and my supervisor, Claire Gillan @clairegillan.bsky.social 🙌