Observational learning yields high performance early in learning while individual learning improves gradually across trials¶

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q3 i? Performance improved across trials in the individual condition (β = 0.06, t = 6.3, p < 0.001) but remained stable in the observational condition (β = 0.004, t = 0.43, p = 0.671). → Rodriguez Buritica 2024

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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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Post-hoc comparisons from the mixed-effects model of choice accuracy across trials, per learning condition, in the child and adult sample. Participants "improved across trials in the individual learning condition" with β = 0.06, t = 6.3, p < 0.001, while performance remained stable in the observational condition (β = 0.004, t = 0.43, p = 0.671).

"Post-hoc comparisons per condition revealed that participants improved across trials in the indi- vidual learning condition (β = 0.06, t =6 . 3 ,p < 0.001), while performance remained stable in the observational condition (see Fig. 2a; β = 0.004, t =0 . 4 3 ,p = 0.671)"

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