Evolutionary Recurrent Decision Model in Developing Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors
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Abstract (arXiv)
This study introduces the evolutionarily recurrent decision model (ERDM), a computational reinforcement learning framework designed to examine how evolutionary mismatch, bounded rationality, and satisficing contribute to adaptive and maladaptive behavior. ERDM simulates agents across evolutionary recurrent environments, including threat, prey/goal-pursuits, and alliances. Agents learn through competing rewards abstracted from survival metrics. A validity study under varying adverse childhood experiences demonstrates that distinct adaptive and maladaptive strategies, such as learned helplessness, avoidance, healthy relationships, and aggression, emerge naturally without being hardwired. These results align with empirical literature, showcasing ecological validity. The results suggest that many psychopathology-relevant aspects may be interpreted as bounded cognitive systems operating under modern-ancestral environmental mismatch, positioning ERDM as a key computational cognitive tool that can be extended to other studies.
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