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Prosocial Reward Learning In Children And Adolescents, Youngbin Kwak, Scott A. Huettel
Prosocial Reward Learning In Children And Adolescents, Youngbin Kwak, Scott A. Huettel
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
Adolescence is a period of increased sensitivity to social contexts. To evaluate how social context sensitivity changes over development—and influences reward learning—we investigated how children and adolescents perceive and integrate rewards for oneself and others during a dynamic risky decision-making task. Children and adolescents (N = 75, 8–16 years) performed the Social Gambling Task (SGT, Kwak et al., 2014) and completed a set of questionnaires measuring other-regarding behavior. In the SGT, participants choose amongst four card decks that have different payout structures for oneself and for a charity. We examined patterns of choices, overall decision strategies, and how …