The ability to change initial decisions in the face of new or potentially conflicting information is fundamental to adaptive behavior. From perceptual tasks to multiple-choice tests, research has shown that changes of mind often improve task performance by correcting initial errors. Decision makers must, however, strike a balance between improvements that might arise from changes of mind and potential energetic, temporal, and psychological costs. In this review, we provide an overview of the change-of-mind literature, focusing on key behavioral findings, computational mechanisms, and neural correlates. We propose a conceptual framework that comprises two core decision dimensions – time and evidence source – which link changes of mind across decision contexts, as a first step toward an integrated psychological account of changes of mind.

面对新的或潜在的冲突信息，改变初始决策的能力是适应性行为的基础。从感知任务到多项选择测试，研究表明，思想的改变通常可以通过纠正初始错误来提高任务绩效。然而，决策者必须在思想改变可能带来的改进与潜在的精力、时间和心理成本之间取得平衡。在这篇综述中，我们概述了改变观念的文献，重点关注关键的行为发现、计算机制和神经相关性。我们提出了一个概念框架，该框架包含两个核心决策维度——时间和证据来源——将跨决策环境的思想变化联系起来，作为对思想变化进行综合心理解释的第一步。