The effect of combining punishment and reward can transfer to opposite motor learning.

Recent laboratory findings have demonstrated that, when imposed separately, punishment and reward have different effects on motor learning. In real-world applications, however, they are usually used in combination to improve human behavior. For instance, a student may be punished when failing an exa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cong Yin, Tian Gao, Biao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282028