Learning reward frequency over reward probability: A tale of two learning rules.

ABSTRACT: Learning about the expected value of choice alternatives associated with reward is critical for adaptive behavior. Although human choice preferences are affected by the presentation frequency of reward-related alternatives, this may not be captured by some dominant models of value learning, such as the delta rule. In this study, we examined whether reward learning is driven more by learning the probability of reward provided by each option, or how frequently each option has been rewarded, and assess how well models based on average reward (e.g. the delta model) and models based on cumulative reward (e.g. the decay model) can account for choice preferences. In a binary-outcome choice task, participants selected between pairs of options that had reward probabilities of 0.65 (A) versus 0.35 (

SUBMITTER: Don HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814570 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature