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On exploration during adolescence, with Alex Lloyd
PsychologiCALL
English - February 14, 2022 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBScience psychology research children development science mental health learning cognition disability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Alex Lloyd is a developmental psychologist at University College London who specialises in cognitive development and mental health. During this podcast, they chat to Louisa about a paper examining the positive sides of adolescents' novelty seeking tendencies and why exploration may be beneficial during this point in the lifespan.
You can find Alex on Twitter @Alex_Lloyd93 and you can watch his TEDx talk about youth justice here.
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The paper discussed in this podcast is:
Lloyd, A., McKay, R., Sebastian, C. L., & Balsters, J. (2020). Are adolescents more optimal decision-makers in novel environments? Examining the benefits of heightened exploration in a patch foraging paradigm. Online preprint.