How the brain evaluates rewards

ScienceDaily
Apr 2, 2025, 12:24 pm26 pts
Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and magnitude of rewards, but also dynamically process this information to predict value and risk. The findings…

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