Neuroscience of Learning and Motivation

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Retraces the history of our understanding of motivated behavior, from the early psychological/neuroscientific studies to the modern day. We survey and discuss primary research literature (mainly from nonhuman animal models), with a focus on how neural circuits and dynamics mediate specific psychological (computational) processes.We also examine how alterations in relevant brain circuits contribute to maladaptive behaviors in neuropsychiatric disorders.