Learning strategies are associated with distinct neural signatures

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 02:31 in Psychology & Sociology

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 suggests that a combination of two distinct learning strategies guides our behavior.

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