> But while adults then used that knowledge to maximize their prizes, children continued exploring the other options, just to see if their value may have change

> But while adults then used that knowledge to maximize their prizes, children continued exploring the other options, just to see if their value may have changed. I think it is not just "semantics" to consider that for children the reward is simply the rush of playing instead of what the researchers design as the intended award. And frankly speaking this is not at all a surprising result. Children learn through playing and they very much enjoy that process.