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Gregory Russell Samanez-Larkin

Gregory Russell Samanez-Larkin

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
LSRC, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708
LSRC, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Preprints

Investigating the relationship between affective valence and reinforcement learning

Preprint · 2026 Affective valence and reinforcement learning (RL) are increasingly recognized to be closely connected, yet the exact nature of their relationship remains unclear. Here, we investigated how RL-related computations contribute to affective valence, and how ... Full text Cite