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The Value of Non-Instrumental Information in Anxiety: Insights from a Resource-Rational Model of Planning

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|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cpsy.124 | Journal eISSN: 2379-6227
Language: English
Submitted on: May 29, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 19, 2025
Published on: Feb 12, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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