Studies // Cited work
A neural substrate of prediction and reward
Schultz, W., Dayan, P., & Montague, P. R. (1997). A neural substrate of prediction and reward.
Level D Review doi:10.1126/science.275.5306.1593
What this study supports
Supports the description of dopamine neuron firing as consistent with a reward prediction error signal. Based on animal recordings; it says nothing directly about human subjective pleasure.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review linking primate dopamine-neuron recordings with computational learning theory.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
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