Removal of reinforcement improves instrumental performance in humans by decreasing a general action bias rather than unmasking learnt associations.
Performance during instrumental learning is commonly believed to reflect the knowledge that has been acquired up to that point. However, recent work in rodents found that instrumental performance was enhanced during periods when reinforcement was withheld, relative to periods when reinforcement was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010201 |