Action prediction error: a value-free dopaminergic teaching signal that drives stable learning
Francesca Greenstreet, Hernando Martínez Vergara, Yvonne Johansson, Sthitapranjya Pati, Laura Schwarz, Stephen C. Lenzi, Jesse P. Geerts, Matthew Wisdom, Alina Gubanova, Lars B. Rollik, Jasvin Kaur, Theodore Moskovitz, Joseph Cohen, Emmett J. Thompson, Troy W. Margrie, , Marcus Stephenson‐Jones
This study identifies a movement-based dopamine signal in mice that acts as a value-free teaching signal for learning sound-action associations, working alongside reward prediction error.
Nature · May 14, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience