Reward prediction tells us less than expected about musical pleasure [Biological Sciences]

Gold et al. (1) report a reinforcement-learning experiment where reward prediction errors (RPEs) were elicited by the consonance or dissonance of musical stimuli. They link these RPEs to activation in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and to behavioral indices of learning. They conclude that music can function as a reward, that...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Remi de Fleurian, Peter M. C. Harrison, Marcus T. Pearce, David R. Quiroga–Martinez Tags: Letters, Front Matter-Letters-Set Free Source Type: research