Reward prediction error in the ERP following unconditioned aversive stimuli

Abstract Reinforcement learning in humans and other animals is driven by reward prediction errors: deviations between the amount of reward or punishment initially expected and that which is obtained. Temporal difference methods of reinforcement learning generate this reward prediction error at the e...

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Main Authors: Harry J. Stewardson, Thomas D. Sambrook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99408-4