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Our brains predict the world – but learn most when they get it wrong

By Dominic Tran, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Reuben Rideaux, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sydney
Ziyue Hu, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney

We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.

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