Precision-weighting of superior frontal cortex unsigned prediction error signals benefits learning, is mediated by dopamine, and is impaired in psychosis.
Haarsma, J.; Fletcher, P.; Griffin, J.; Taverne, H.; Ziauddeen, H.; Spencer, T.; Miller, C.; Katthagen, T.; Goodyer, I.; Diederen, K.; Murray, G.
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Recent theories of cortical function construe the brain as performing hierarchical Bayesian inference. According to these theories, the precision of cortical unsigned prediction error (i.e., surprise) signals plays a key role in learning and decision-making, to be controlled by dopamine, and to contribute to the pathogenesis of psychosis. To test these hypotheses, we studied learning with variable outcome-precision in healthy individuals after dopaminergic modulation and in patients with early psychosis. Behavioural computational modelling indicated that precision-weighting of unsigned prediction errors benefits learning in health, and is impaired in psychosis. FMRI revealed coding of unsigned prediction errors relative to their precision in bilateral superior frontal gyri and dorsal anterior cingulate, which was perturbed by dopaminergic modulation, impaired in psychosis, and associated with task performance and schizotypy. We conclude that precision-weighting of cortical prediction error signals is a key mechanism through which dopamine modulates inference and contributes to the pathogenesis of psychosis.
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