<p>Five-week course. Lecture, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Overview of neural systems underlying reward and value. Emphasis on mechanisms of reinforcement learning and cost-benefit or value-based decision making. Readings drawn from primary literature in animal research. Letter grading.</p>

Psychology

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

The department presents psychology as a scientific discipline that employs systematic methods of inquiry to study and explain human and animal behavior.

General Catalog

Neural Basis of Reward and Value

PSYCH 205E

2 units