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A Neural Theory of Punishment and Avoidance, II: Quantitative Theory

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Studies of Mind and Brain

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 70))

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This article continues where section VIII of Chapter 4 leaves off. The article is filled with psychopharmacological predictions, some of which have since been confirmed. Others still need to be tested. The article follows the conceptual path forced by the synchronization problem. It leads to a reinforcement theory whose network realizations define explicit drive, reinforcement, and incentive motivational concepts.

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Grossberg, S. (1982). A Neural Theory of Punishment and Avoidance, II: Quantitative Theory. In: Studies of Mind and Brain. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7758-7_5

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