Sensory prediction errors in the human midbrain signal identity violations independent of perceptual distance

The firing of dopaminergic midbrain neurons is thought to reflect prediction errors (PE) that depend on the difference between the value of expected and received rewards. However, recent work has demonstrated that unexpected changes in value-neutral outcome features, such as identity, can evoke simi...

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Main Authors: Javier A Suarez, James D Howard, Geoffrey Schoenbaum, Thorsten Kahnt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/43962