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Still, these results hint that internal strategies, shaped by the environment, may help explain SES gaps in learning. Understanding this better could help us design interventions that support exploration in all learners. 🚀 7/7

Critical caveats: our study is cross-sectional (so, no causality), and our lab task may not capture the many types of exploration important for learning, including in educational contexts, like asking a risky question in class or exploring a new topic.

Computational modeling revealed that higher loss aversion helped explain why lower-SES children explored less. When losses feel bigger, taking exploratory risks may become less appealing.