Valence bias in metacontrol of decision making in adolescents and young adults

Florian Bolenz; Ben Eppinger

doi:10.1111/cdev.13693

journal article Open Access Mar 01, 2022

Valence bias in metacontrol of decision making in adolescents and young adults

Florian Bolenz

Ben Eppinger

Child Development Vol. 93 No. 2 pp. e103-e116 · Oxford University Press (OUP)

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Abstract

Abstract
The development of metacontrol of decision making and its susceptibility to framing effects were investigated in a sample of 201 adolescents and adults in Germany (12–25 years, 111 female, ethnicity not recorded). In a task that dissociates model-free and model-based decision making, outcome magnitude and outcome valence were manipulated. Both adolescents and adults showed metacontrol and metacontrol tended to increase across adolescence. Furthermore, model-based decision making was more pronounced for loss compared to gain frames but there was no evidence that this framing effect differed with age. Thus, the strategic adaptation of decision making continues to develop into young adulthood and for both adolescents and adults, losses increase the motivation to invest cognitive resources into an effortful decision-making strategy.

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Published: Mar 01, 2022
Vol/Issue: 93(2)
Pages: e103-e116
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Authors

F

Florian Bolenz

Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden ,; Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development , Berlin ,; Cluster of Excellence “Science of Intelligence”, Technische Universität Berlin , Berlin ,

B

Ben Eppinger

Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden , Dresden ,; Department of Psychology, Concordia University , Montreal, Quebec ,; PERFORM centre, Concordia University , Montreal, Quebec ,

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Award: SFB 940/2 B7

Canada Research Chairs

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award: N01882

Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award: N01882

Cite This Article

Florian Bolenz, Ben Eppinger (2022). Valence bias in metacontrol of decision making in adolescents and young adults. Child Development, 93(2), e103-e116. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13693

Valence bias in metacontrol of decision making in adolescents and young adults

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