Developmental changes resemble stochastic optimization

Abstract excerpt

<p>Analogies to stochastic optimization are common in developmental psychology, describing a gradual reduction in randomness ("cooling off") over the lifespan. Yet for lack of concrete empirical comparison, there is ambiguity in interpreting this analogy. Using data from n=281 participants ages 5 to 55, we show that `"cooling off'" does not only apply to the single dimension of randomness. Rather, development rese...

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• Adaptation, Psychological
• Autistic Disorder
• Brain
• Cell Movement
• Memory
• Neuronal Plasticity
• Schizophrenia
• Twins

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Literature Corpus work

a2fe8aad-612f-58d2-8fe4-7b842959d584

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/9f4k3