Dopamine and learning: Does the midbrain teach with surprise or worth?

Piquet R(1), Tensaouti Y(2), Parkes SL(3).

Author information:
(1)Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG,
UK; These authors contributed equally.
(2)Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INCIA, UMR 5287, F-33000 Bordeaux, France;
These authors contributed equally.
(3)Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INCIA, UMR 5287, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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A new study disentangles dopamine’s role in learned associations and confirms that it drives learning by generating a reward prediction error and not simply
by changing the perceived value of the reward.

 

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