Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective
Adolescence is a period of social re-orientation in which we are generally more prone to peer influence and the updating of our beliefs based on social information, also called social learning, than in any other stage of our life. However, how do we know when to use social information and whose info...
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| description | Adolescence is a period of social re-orientation in which we are generally more prone to peer influence and the updating of our beliefs based on social information, also called social learning, than in any other stage of our life. However, how do we know when to use social information and whose information to use and how does this ability develop across adolescence? Here, we review the social learning literature from a behavioral, neural and computational viewpoint, focusing on the development of brain systems related to executive functioning, value-based decision-making and social cognition. We put forward a Bayesian reinforcement learning framework that incorporates social learning about value associated with particular behavior and uncertainty in our environment and experiences. We discuss how this framework can inform us about developmental changes in social learning, including how the assessment of uncertainty and the ability to adaptively discriminate between information from different social sources change across adolescence. By combining reward-based decision-making in the domains of both informational and normative influence, this framework explains both negative and positive social peer influence in adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-793e680a9a3c4a628ed45d77bc41cb602022-12-22T04:22:50ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932022-12-0158101151Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspectiveLieke Hofmans0Wouter van den Bos1Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Correspondence to: Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, room G1.05, 1018WS Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, GermanyAdolescence is a period of social re-orientation in which we are generally more prone to peer influence and the updating of our beliefs based on social information, also called social learning, than in any other stage of our life. However, how do we know when to use social information and whose information to use and how does this ability develop across adolescence? Here, we review the social learning literature from a behavioral, neural and computational viewpoint, focusing on the development of brain systems related to executive functioning, value-based decision-making and social cognition. We put forward a Bayesian reinforcement learning framework that incorporates social learning about value associated with particular behavior and uncertainty in our environment and experiences. We discuss how this framework can inform us about developmental changes in social learning, including how the assessment of uncertainty and the ability to adaptively discriminate between information from different social sources change across adolescence. By combining reward-based decision-making in the domains of both informational and normative influence, this framework explains both negative and positive social peer influence in adolescence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000949DevelopmentAdolescenceSocial learningInfluenceBayesian reinforcement learningUncertainty |
| spellingShingle | Lieke Hofmans Wouter van den Bos Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Development Adolescence Social learning Influence Bayesian reinforcement learning Uncertainty |
| title | Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| title_full | Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| title_fullStr | Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| title_short | Social learning across adolescence: A Bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| title_sort | social learning across adolescence a bayesian neurocognitive perspective |
| topic | Development Adolescence Social learning Influence Bayesian reinforcement learning Uncertainty |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929322000949 |
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