title: Computational framework explains how animals select actions with rewarding outcomes.
abstract: A new model of how the brain learns beneficial behavior from rewarding outcomes emphasizes the importance of the striatum, replicates experimental data, and raises new questions about neurological disorders. Read the Research Article.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Carbondale, Colorado, United States of America.
authors.forename: Janelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity