Separate mesocortical and mesolimbic pathways encode effort and reward learning signals [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

Optimal decision making mandates organisms learn the relevant features of choice options. Likewise, knowing how much effort we should expend can assume paramount importance. A mesolimbic network supports reward learning, but it is unclear whether other choice features, such as effort learning, rely on this same network. Using computational fMRI,...

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