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Erin and the TWiN team explain how dopamine neurons encode reward probability and uncertainty, and their roles in attention-based learning and risk-taking such as gambling and addiction. Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Erin Calipari,Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to play Download TWiN 003 (52 MB .mp3, 86 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiN! Links for this episode Dopamine neurons encode reward probability and uncertainty (Science) Letters read on TWiN #3 Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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