Action value calculations in social context from infancy
Mitsuhiko Ishikawa1, Atsushi Senju2
1Centre for Baby Science, Doshisha University, 4-1-1 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0295, Japan; Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
Abstract:
Infants adaptively modulate their social behaviours, such as gaze-following, to social context. We propose that such modulations are based on infants' social decision-making, to achieve the most valuable outcome. We propose an 'action value calculator model', which formulates the cognitive mechanisms underlying, and the development of, the decision-making process during interactions.
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