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30th APS Annual Convention

Developmental Emergence of Motivated Learning and Effort

Friday, May 25, 2018 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Developmental

How does motivation change across development to help us reach our goals? As individuals mature from infancy through adulthood, the ability to integrate motivational cues with cognitive demands emerges to guide successful learning and goal directed behavior. This symposium will discuss how motivation differentially shapes cognition at distinct developmental stages.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Catherine InselChair
    Northwestern University
  • Leah SomervilleCoChair
    Harvard University

Presentations

  1. Infants Make More Attempts to Achieve a Goal When They See Adults PersistJulia Leonard
  2. Learning to Help Others Learn: Young Children Make Rational Decisions to Help and to Teach.Hyowon Gweon
  3. Decision-Making and Adolescence: What Mice Can Tell UsKristen Delevich
  4. Development of Corticostriatal Connectivity Constrains Goal Directed Behavior during AdolescenceCatherine Insel