The topic of choice in psychology - Commentary on Hardy-Vallee (2011)

This commentary focuses on the article by Hardy-Vallee (2011) titled Decision-making in robotics and psychology: A distributed account, published in Volume 29 of this journal. This commentary was derived from an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the article. We provide a brief and more accurate description of some of the origins of the work within the topic of choice in psychology. Also, a brief presentation of recent developments of the topic of choice within behavior analysis serves as an illustration of how such a topic has not been neglected by psychologists, as proposed by Hardy-Vallee. This commentary also emphasizes the advantages of interdisciplinary exchanges in psychology attempted by Hardy-Vallee. Published by Elsevier Ltd.