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Omissions of Threat Trigger Subjective Relief and Prediction Error-Like Signaling in the Human Reward and Salience Systems
Anne L. Willems, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Bram Vervliet
This study shows that the unexpected absence of threat activates human reward and salience systems similarly to reward prediction errors, with stronger responses to more probable and intense omissions.