Reward and Dopamine

[SheltieChe]

Some really fantastic part of lecture posted
http://barnmice.com/forum/topics/rewards-and-dopamine-what?groupUrl=bodylanguage

also interesting article on body signals
https://wildewmn.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/the-threat-of-stillness/

 

[JacqueZ]

Very informative. It's nice to see posts like that where the comment sections actually give lots more insite instead of just degrading into bickering like so many news articles!

 

[romeosangiovese]

That dopamine thing is fascinating. Also supports why it's important to vary the reinforcement schedule!

 

[Tagg]

He is very interesting and I love his voice so I could listen forever.

This little clip on dopamine explains why you have to reduce the rewards once the task is learned in order to escalate the speed and precision that animal will use in order to earn the reward. Thanks for sharing.

Oh by the way, I expect the "home" has already been chosen by my kids