Abstract:To navigate social interactions successfully, humans need to continuously learn about the personality traits of other people (e.g., how helpful or aggressive is the other person?). However, formal models that capture such complex social learning processes are currently lacking. In this study, we specified and tested potential strategies that humans could employ for learning about others. Standard reinforcement learning (RL) models only capture part of the learning process because they neglect inherent knowledg… Show more
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