CCN Course 2020, Motor 8: Dopamine is reward prediction error
Channel: Randall O'Reilly
Date: 2020-05-12

Lecture 8 of 11 for Chapter 7: Motor Control and Reinforcement Learning
CCN Textbook: https://CompCogNeuro.org

Dopamine signals the *difference* between expected and received rewards, not for raw reward or "pleasure", contrary to popular belief.