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Evolutionary Recurrent Decision Model in Developing Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 25, 2026 · UTC

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 helplessnes

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