Developmental trajectory of social influence integration into perceptual decisions in children

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808153116
• Publication Date: 2019-01-29T02:07:54Z
• Authors: Imogen Large; Elizabeth Pellicano; Andreas Mojzisch; Kristine Krug
• Keywords: Neurotypical

Significance Social influence biases even simple perceptual decisions across a range of contexts. The development and mechanism such remain unclear. We systematically examined the developmental course social bias exerted by another person on in children between 6 14 years old. To probe underlying mechanisms, we applied computational model drift diffusion to behavioral response data. Our results show that although young neurotypical seem be unaffected influence, adolescents develop systematic their responses direction appear do so integrating information into visual processing. same pattern did not emerge age-matched autistic children, suggesting different trajectory.