Do, KT;
Sharp, PB;
Telzer, EH;
(2020)
Modernizing Conceptions of Valuation and Cognitive-Control Deployment in Adolescent Risk Taking.
Current Directions in Psychological Science
, 29
(1)
pp. 102-109.
10.1177/0963721419887361.
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Abstract
Heightened risk taking in adolescence has long been attributed to valuation systems overwhelming the deployment of cognitive control. However, this explanation of why adolescents engage in risk taking is insufficient given increasing evidence that risk-taking behavior can be strategic and involve elevated cognitive control. We argue that applying the expected-value-of-control computational model to adolescent risk taking can clarify under what conditions control is elevated or diminished during risky decision-making. Through this lens, we review research examining when adolescent risk taking might be due to—rather than a failure of—effective cognitive control and suggest compelling ways to test such hypotheses. This effort can resolve when risk taking arises from an immaturity of the control system itself, as opposed to arising from differences in what adolescents value relative to adults. It can also identify promising avenues for channeling cognitive control toward adaptive outcomes in adolescence.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Modernizing Conceptions of Valuation and Cognitive-Control Deployment in Adolescent Risk Taking |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0963721419887361 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419887361 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Multidisciplinary, Psychology, cognitive control, valuation, risk taking, adolescence, computational modeling, SELF-CONTROL, REWARD SENSITIVITY, AGE-DIFFERENCES, EXPECTED VALUE, BEHAVIOR, SYSTEMS, PERSPECTIVE, ACCOUNT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091036 |
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