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Foraging Path-length Protocol for Drosophila melanogaster Larvae

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Understanding patch foraging strategies across development.

Alex Lloyd¹, Essi Viding¹, Ryan McKay²

¹Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AP, UK.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

|July 27, 2023

Summary

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Adolescent exploration, crucial for survival historically, transitions to exploitation in adulthood. Neurocomputational mechanisms guide this shift, which may be disrupted in mental health conditions.

Keywords:

adolescence exploit explore mental health patch foraging

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Ecology
Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Patch foraging is a widespread behavior in animals and humans.
Adolescent exploration may stem from ancestral hunter-gatherer foraging strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the evolutionary basis of adolescent exploration.
To propose neurocomputational mechanisms underlying the developmental shift from exploration to exploitation.
To examine the link between explore/exploit biases and psychopathology.

Main Methods:

Literature review of evolutionary conditions, neurocomputational mechanisms, and developmental transitions in decision-making.
Synthesis of emerging evidence on explore/exploit biases in mental health.

Main Results:

Adolescent exploratory behavior may be an adaptive strategy linked to ancestral foraging.
Reward processing, learning, and cognitive control mechanisms facilitate the transition to adult exploitation.
Disruptions in these mechanisms can lead to explore/exploit biases in psychopathology.

Conclusions:

The explore/exploit decision-making framework offers insights into mental health across development.
Explore/exploit choices may serve as a potential biomarker for mental health conditions.
Future research should investigate clinical interventions targeting explore/exploit decision-making.