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concept:goal-relative-prediction-errorGoal-Relative Prediction Error
The signed directional computation of how actual outcomes compare to goal-specified targets; identified with valence
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- Interoceptive Prediction Errorassociated_withPrediction error computed by the anterior insula comparing predicted to actual bodily states; generates feeling states
- Temporal Difference Erroranalogous_toThe formal RL quantity whose signed character is identified with valence in the paper's account
- Valencesame_concept_asThe positive or negative quality of experience, identified in this paper with goal-relative prediction error
- Law of Effectanalogous_toThorndike's principle that satisfied behaviors are strengthened; paper argues stripping its experiential language is incoherent
- Placebo and Nocebo EffectsgroundsParadigms holding sensory input constant while manipulating expectations; provide the cleanest evidence for goal-state modulating valence
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