Exploration-exploitation strategy is dependent on early experience

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 313-321

  Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a,b   Lee, Steve S ^a   Telzer, Eva H ^c   Gabard Durnam, Laurel J ^a,e   Goff, Bonnie ^a   Flannery, Jessica ^d   Tottenham, Nim ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional adaptation; Exploitation; Exploration; Previous institutionalization; Separation anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925347218     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21293     Document Type: Article

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