This is an updated version of the entry originally published as Huys Q.J.M., Cruickshank A., Seriès P. (2014) Reward-Based Learning, Model-Based and Model-Free. In: Jaeger D., Jung R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY.
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