Distinct neural computations scale the violation of expected reward and emotion in social transgressions

Abstract Traditional decision-making models conceptualize humans as adaptive learners utilizing the differences between expected and actual rewards (prediction errors, PEs) to maximize outcomes, but rarely consider the influence of violations of emotional expectations (emotional PEs) and how it diff...

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Main Authors: Ting Xu, Lei Zhang, Feng Zhou, Kun Fu, Xianyang Gan, Zhiyi Chen, Ran Zhang, Chunmei Lan, Lan Wang, Keith M. Kendrick, Dezhong Yao, Benjamin Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07561-7
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