Is avoiding an aversive outcome rewarding? Neural substrates of avoidance learning in the human brain.
Avoidance learning poses a challenge for reinforcement-based theories of instrumental conditioning, because once an aversive outcome is successfully avoided an individual may no longer experience extrinsic reinforcement for their behavior. One possible account for this is to propose that avoiding an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1484497?pdf=render |