Dr. Mitsuhiko Ishikawa, JSPS Research Fellow at Doshisha University Center for Baby Science, and his colleague propose a new cognitive framework explaining how infants modulate their behavior as per the social context.
Social interaction with other humans is a pivotal part of our development and survival. Even infants modulate their social behavior according to their social situation. Dr. Ishikawa now suggests that infants change their behavior to achieve the most favorable outcome in a particular social context. Accordingly, the researchers propose an ‘action value calculator model’ that describes the cognitive mechanisms behind how infants decide to behave during social interactions.

Reference

Mitsuhiko Ishikawa, Atsushi Senju, (2023) Action value calculations in social context from infancy,
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 227-229, ISSN 1364-6613,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.005


For more details, please see the website of Organization for Research Initiatives and Development, Doshisha University.
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