Life history, love and learning

Alison Gopnik ()
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Alison Gopnik: University of California, Berkeley

Nature Human Behaviour, 2019, vol. 3, issue 10, 1041-1042

Abstract: Classic avoidance learning leads to a dilemma: if an animal always avoids a cue that lead to a negative outcome, it will never learn anything new about the cue and outcome. A new study suggests that a protected childhood period helps resolve that dilemma: children actually prefer to explore aversive cues but only do so if a parent is present.

Date: 2019
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