Temporal-difference valence-partitioned Bayesian brains work out whether others are caring or uncaring
Michael Moutoussis, Adrian David Frydman Laiter, Julia Griem, Donya Erfanian Delavar, Tobias Nolte, Peter Fonagy, P. Read Montague, Vladimir Litvak A
The paper introduces a Caring Attributions task and identifies valence-partitioned temporal-difference Bayesian inference as a new neurocomputational mechanism for judging others' care or lack thereof.
bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience