Intelligence - nature or
nurture? Researchers find a gene for intelligence and also that a
bigger brain matters, yet other recent articles show how
motivation affects learning.
Learning strategies are associated with distinct neural signatures
The process of learning requires the sophisticated ability to constantly update our expectations of future rewards so we may make accurate predictions about those rewards in the face of a changing environment. Although exactly how the brain orchestrates this process remains unclear, a new study suggests that a combination of two distinct learning strategies guides our behavior.
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