Learning strategies are associated with distinct neural signatures

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 14:11 in Biology & Nature

The process of learning requires the sophisticated ability to constantly update our expectations of future rewards so we may make accurate predictions about those rewards in the face of a changing environment. Although exactly how the brain orchestrates this process remains unclear, a new study by researchers at the California Institute of Technology suggests that a combination of two distinct learning strategies guides our behavior.

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