Reinforcement learning in child molesters

ConclusionsChild molesters, especially those not diagnosed with paedophilia, have deficits during both the acquisition and reversal of contingencies, suggesting reinforcement learning deficits that may undermine their capacity to benefit maximally from therapy without preliminary work to repair those deficits, possibly in conjunction with extending the offender programmes. Testing before programme entry would enable accurate targeting of scarce resources in this respect.

Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - November 26, 2018 Category: Criminology Authors: Tineke Dillien, Kris Goethals, Bernard Sabbe, Inti A. Brazil Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research