Error-Driven Learning: Dopamine Signals More Than Value-Based Errors

R Keiflin¹, P H Janak²

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¹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Electronic address: ronald.keiflin@jhu.edu.
² Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: patricia.janak@jhu.edu.

PMID: 29257968
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.043

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Error-Driven Learning: Dopamine Signals More Than Value-Based Errors

R Keiflin et al. Curr Biol. 2017.

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. 2017 Dec 18;27(24):R1321-R1324.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.043.

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R Keiflin¹, P H Janak²

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¹ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Electronic address: ronald.keiflin@jhu.edu.
² Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: patricia.janak@jhu.edu.

PMID: 29257968
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.043

Abstract

The detection of a mismatch between our predictions and what actually happens allows us to learn from our errors. New research indicates that midbrain dopamine neurons encode multiple types of error signals and contribute to multiple forms of error-driven learning.

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