Brain Mechanisms of Social Learning in the General Adult Population and along the Autism Spectrum
Researcher: Caroline Charpentier
Description: Our social world is very complex and connected, and social learning is key for acquiring knowledge about the world and for deciding how to act in social situations. Social learning abilities are evolutionary advantageous, since they allow us to learn the consequences of actions in the environment by observing others rather than having to directly experience potentially negative consequences. However, these abilities, and the mechanisms that underlie them, vary widely across individuals.
The purpose of this research project is to investigate how various aspects of learning and decision-making take place in social contexts, how these relate to beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors in daily life, and what happens in the brain during these processes. One goal in particular is to better understand how differences in social learning behavior and related brain activity vary across individuals, particularly along neurodiversity.
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