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Alexandre Pastor-Bernier

Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada;

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 13, 2026

Dopamine reward prediction error signal encodes effort cost as negative reward value

Mark Burrell, Alexandre Pastor-Bernier, Wolfram Schultz

This study shows that dopamine neurons in monkeys encode effort cost as negative reward value, contrasting with the positive reward prediction error signal.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.11.765978

non-human primateelectrophysiology

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