Ageing is associated with disrupted reinforcement learning whilst learning to help others is preserved

Evidence suggests older adults engage in more prosocial behaviours compared to younger people. Here the authors investigate prosocial reinforcement learning rates in young and older adults.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jo Cutler, Marco K. Wittmann, Ayat Abdurahman, Luca D. Hargitai, Daniel Drew, Masud Husain, Patricia L. Lockwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24576-w