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This research aims to understand how developmental differences in reward prediction error signalling in the ventral striatum relate to risk-taking in adolescents versus adults.

June 4, 2026Open Access

Neural Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning: Developmental Variance in Reward Prediction Error Signalling and Adolescent Risk-Taking

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HYHaris Younis

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Randomized trial investigates how reward prediction error signals affect adolescent risk-taking, implying developmental differences in brain processing.

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This research aims to understand how developmental differences in reward prediction error signalling in the ventral striatum relate to risk-taking in adolescents versus adults.
Literature review and partial analysis of Vaidya et al. (2013) summary statistics
Comparison of fMRI responses to monetary rewards in 18 adolescents and 18 young adults
Demographic analysis of Smith et al. (2024) dataset covering 114 participants aged 21-80.
Adolescents demonstrated lower ventral striatal sensitivity to reward magnitude differences (F(2, 68) = 4.27, p = 0.02) compared to adults.
Adults recalibrated VS reward signals based on relative reward value, a pattern not observed in adolescents.
Lower VS differentiation correlated with higher impulsivity scores, with adolescents exhibiting significantly greater impulsivity than adults.

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Haris Younis (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2117fdd499ed480b170ca5 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20371522

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Randomized trial investigates how reward prediction error signals affect adolescent risk-taking, implying developmental differences in brain processing.

Neural Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning: Developmental Variance in Reward Prediction Error Signalling and Adolescent Risk-Taking

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Neural Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning: Developmental Variance in Reward Prediction Error Signalling and Adolescent Risk-Taking

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