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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Clark JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3353889 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20120516 5
Alcohol use during adolescence has profound and enduring consequences on decision-making under risk. However, the fundamental psychological processes underlying these changes are unknown. Here, we show that alcohol use produces over-fast learning for better-than-expected, but not worse-than-expected, outcomes without altering subjective reward valuation. We constructed a simple reinforcement learning model to simulate altered decision making using behavioral parameters extracted from rats with a ...[more]