Relevance of Probabilistic Reversal Learning for Adolescent Drinking Trajectories.

ABSTRACT: One of the many human capabilities acquired during adolescence is the adaptivity in changing environments. In this longitudinal study, we investigated this adaptivity, as measured by probabilistic reversal learning (PReL) tasks, in N = 143 adolescents at ages 14, 16 and 18. Computational modelling and functional magnetic resonance imaging were applied to identify the neurocognitive processes underlying reversal learning and its development. Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between heavy alcohol use and impaired reversal learning. Our hypothesis was that PReL is negatively associated with current and future alcohol use and that alcohol use impairs PReL by altering neurocognitive processes. Behaviourally, PReL performance improved, which was associated with a lower probabilit

SUBMITTER: Frohner JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884864 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature