Physically abused kids learn to fail at social rules for success
Challenges adjusting from volatile to stable social rewards can lead to misbehavior
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SOCIAL HIT New lab experiments indicate that physically abused youth have trouble learning to make choices that consistently lead to a reward. This impairment of a basic form of social learning contributes to behavior problems known to occur among abused individuals, researchers say.
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