Material hardship, not household income, predicts impaired punishment learning: a computational reinforcement learning perspective
The findings suggest that material hardship may specifically impair the ability to learn from negative outcomes. Furthermore, the study underscores the importance of distinguishing between material hardship and income-based adversity in research examining the cognitive impacts of socioeconomic disadvantage.
Authors
- Zhen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-9317)
- Xu He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-8215)
- Yibin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0852-0767)
- Yi‐Ning Su
- Laijun Bu
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Jinan University (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (CN)
- Guangzhou University (CN)
- Anhui Xinhua University (CN)
- Guangzhou Xinhua University
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1665380
- Primary Topic
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Jinan University
- National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences