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Model-based and model-free valuation signals in the human brain vary markedly in their relationship to individual differences in human behavioral control

2025-09-19

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Human action selection under reinforcement is thought to rely on two distinct strategies: model-free and model-based reinforcement learning. While behavior in sequential decision-making tasks often reflects a mixture of both, the neural basis of individual differences in their expression remains unclear. To investigate this, we conducted a large-scale fMRI study with 179 participants performing a variant of the tw...

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DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.17.676398

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