Goals vs Rewards: What We Can Learn from Positive Reinforcement

<p>James Cavanagh, a professor at The University of New Mexico, joins It&#39;s (Probably) Not Rocket Science to discuss his recently published theoretical review about the Reward Positivity brain signal and its role in linking high level control and low-level rewards processes together. </p><p>Cavanagh worked alongside Clay B. Holroyd from Ghent University on the review, which was funded by a grant looking into anhedonia—the decreased ability to experience pleasure as it relates to clinical depression. </p>