BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience-Intention Reconsideration in Wumpus World And Intentional Inference in Adolescents

AbstractAdolescence is usually described as a period of search for sensations, great impulsivity, and risky behavior. How can this circumstance affect the intentional inference of adolescents who have to reconsider their intentions after performing a task? In this article we show that adolescents who had seen a very cautious agent acting in a Classic Wumpus World (CWW) environment and who had quite reliably predicted their movements in a later round, adopted a much more risky prediction of the agent's movements when they had to reconsider some of their original intentions in a slightly modified Wumpus World environment (or MCWW-Modified Classic Wumpus World-version). This result could support the vision of adolescents as optimistic improvisers in their decisionmaking processes.<br>making processes.

摘要 青少年期通常被描述为一段寻求感官刺激、兼具高度冲动性与冒险行为的发展阶段。这一特质会如何影响青少年在完成任务后需重新考量自身意图时的意图推断能力？本研究表明，曾观察到高度谨慎的智能体（agent）在经典沃普斯世界（Classic Wumpus World，CWW）环境中行动，且在后续回合中能较为准确预测该智能体移动轨迹的青少年，当在略微调整后的沃普斯世界环境（即改进版经典沃普斯世界，MCWW-Modified Classic Wumpus World）中需重新考量部分初始意图时，会对该智能体的移动轨迹做出风险显著更高的预测。该结果可支持“青少年在决策过程中是乐观的即兴决策者”这一观点。