Rhythm or programme
Competing action accessibility
The availability of remembered alternative action plans for retrieval and choice
Hypotheses on this target 1
Inhibition
Activation1
Function preservation
Feedback restoration
Rhythm restoration
Direct measurement
Activation1
Public approval may reduce private cultural adoption by restoring competing options
Where this hypothesis actsDuring public production of cultural option A and subsequent private choice between A and competing B alternatives
What is proposedRestore access to competing B action plans
With whatChange of environment or regimen
HowBrief neutral retrieval of B alternatives, compared with matched unrelated-action retrieval, under replayed deliveries and fixed action opportunities
Possible resultExpected elimination of the private feedback-contingency difference while preserving the public expression difference
2026-10-05