Topic: social reinforcement learning

The ability to predict the consequences of behavior and the flexibility to modify behavior based on outcome and changes in reward contingency is critical for not only survival but also for maximizing reward. Acquisition and consolidation of social reward contingencies is essential for both prediction and flexibility. During the presentation of emotionally charged stimuli, the amygdala encodes the salience of social stimuli as ensembles of neurons with individual stimuli preferences. Correct evaluation of prediction errors, defined as the difference between expectation and result, is critical f