Thank you. I appreciate the detailed response, and find this neuroscience stuff fascinating. What modern books on neuroscience and neuropsychology would you recommend, considering that I know a lot of math (M.S. level) but have shoddy knowledge of physics and chemistry?
That could create conflict in situations where some information in the brain saying 'Yes this action is causally related to a reward', and another brain area providing feedback saying, 'No, you're wrong. There is no reward.'
So if this research is correct, a type of cognitive dissonance is hardwired into the brain? Wow.