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Lester P. Sands

Virginia Tech

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Dynamics of dopamine transients in human olfactory epithelium during reward learning

Lester P. Sands, Seth R. Batten, Alec E. Hartle, Terry M. Lohrenz, Jason P. White, Leonardo S Barbosa, W Matt Howe, Dan Bang, Peter Dayan, Qiaohan Yang, Adam Dede, Andrew Sheriff, Gregory Lane, Bruce K. Tan, Paul Lenkowski, , Read Montague

This study measures fast dopamine transients in human olfactory epithelium during reward learning tasks and finds they shift from outcomes to cues, matching prediction error signals.

bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Octopamine and tyramine dynamics predict learning rate phenotypes during associative conditioning in honey bees

Lester P. Sands, Hong Lei, Seth R. Batten, Alec E. Hartle, Terry M. Lohrenz, Leonardo S. Barbosa, Dan Bang, Peter Dayan, William M. Howe, Brian H. Smith, P. Read Montague

Science Advances · Feb 11, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience