Flexibility in Valenced Reinforcement Learning Computations across Development

Autor/inn/en	Nussenbaum, Kate; Velez, Juan A.; Washington, Bradli T.; Hamling, Hannah E.; Hartley, Catherine A.
Titel	Flexibility in Valenced Reinforcement Learning Computations across Development
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 5, S.1601-1615 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nussenbaum, Kate)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13791
Schlagwörter	Reinforcement; Modeling (Psychology); Expectation; Decision Making; Bias; Environmental Influences; Age Differences; Children; Adolescents; Adults; Rewards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positive Verstärkung; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Reward; Belohnung
Abstract	Optimal integration of positive and negative outcomes during learning varies depending on an environment's reward statistics. The present study investigated the extent to which children, adolescents, and adults (N = 142 8-25 year-olds, 55% female, 42% White, 31% Asian, 17% mixed race, and 8% Black; data collected in 2021) adapt their weighting of better-than-expected and worse-than-expected outcomes when learning from reinforcement. Participants made choices across two contexts: one in which weighting positive outcomes more heavily than negative outcomes led to better performance, and one in which the reverse was true. Reinforcement learning modeling revealed that across age, participants shifted their valence biases in accordance with environmental structure. Exploratory analyses revealed strengthening of context-dependent flexibility with increasing age. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01