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arXiv — cs.AI preprintsInternational9 October 2026

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arXiv:2501.07440v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Paying attention improves performance, but attention is metabolically costly, so how should a resource-efficient agent allocate it? We study optimal allocation strategies using a normative model of a signal detection task in which attention comes at a cost. The model reveals that optimal attention is temporally structured in one of two patterns depending on task conditions: when attention costs penalize intense focus, optimal attention ramps up as evidence for the signal accumulates, but with less prohibitive attention costs, optimal at
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