Choice behavior is more value-driven in the observational than individual learning condition, and adults show higher choice specificity than children¶

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q3 i? Participants followed choice values more optimally in the observational (median = 2.14) than individual (median = 1.03) condition (β = 0.95, t = 7.4, p < 0.001), and children (median = 1.13) were less optimal than adults (median = 2.18; β = 0.91, t = 4.5, p < 0.001). → Rodriguez Buritica 2024

Evidence¶

Rodriguez Buritica 2024¶

Rodriguez Buritica, J. M., Eppinger, B., Heekeren, H. R., Crone, E. A. & van Duijvenvoorde, A. C. K. (2024). Observational reinforcement learning in children and young adults. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00227-9

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Robust mixed-effects analysis of the inverse temperature parameter from the best-fitting RL model, per condition and age group. Participants "followed choice values more optimally in the observational (median = 2.14) than individual learning (median = 1.03) condition", and children were less optimal than adults. No age × condition effect (p = 0.9).

"showed that partic ipants followed choice values more optimally in the observational (med ian = 2.14) than individual learning (median = 1.03) condition (main effect condition, β = 0.95, t =7 . 4 , p < 0.001). A main effect of age group showed that children (median = 1.13) were less optimal in their choice behavior than adults (median = 2.18; β = 0.91,t =4 . 5 ,p < 0.001)."

Discussion¶

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