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Table 2 Summary of five recent mathematical evolutionary models that predict variation in plasticity across development

From: Adaptive explanations for sensitive windows in development

 

Factor(s) varying across development

Model

Cue frequency?

Cue reliability?

Information state?

Benefit of information?

Limits to plasticity?

Cost of plasticity?

Frankenhuis and Panchanathan [35]

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Panchanathan and Frankenhuis [88]

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

Stamps and Krishnan [48]

N

N

Y

N

N

N

English et al. [88]

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Fischer et al. [26]

N

N

Y

Y

N

N

  1. Letters identify which factors did (Y) and did not (N) vary across development in each model. Factors varying across development could potentially explain the predicted developmental changes in plasticity.