Rationality in Human Movement

It long has been appreciated that humans behave irrationally in economic decisions under risk: they fail to objectively consider uncertainty, costs, and rewards and instead exhibit risk-seeking or risk-averse behavior. We hypothesize that poor estimates of motor variability (influenced by motor task) and distorted probability weighting (influenced by relevant emotional processes) contribute to characteristic irrationality in human movement decisions.

Source: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews - December 17, 2015 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Articles Source Type: research