Multiple systems in macaques for tracking prediction errors and other types of surprise.

Animals learn from the past to make predictions. These predictions are adjusted after prediction errors, i.e., after surprising events. Generally, most reward prediction errors models learn the average expected amount of reward. However, here we demonstrate the existence of distinct mechanisms for d...

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Main Authors: Jan Grohn, Urs Schüffelgen, Franz-Xaver Neubert, Alessandro Bongioanni, Lennart Verhagen, Jerome Sallet, Nils Kolling, Matthew F S Rushworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000899