Felix Schultz

M’mboyi, Felix

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Art.-Schultz (F)

Current theories view learning as the acquisition of specific predictions1–4. Humans and animals learn to predict the outcomes of their behavior, including rewards. Learning depends on the extent to which these outcomes are different than predicted, being governed by the discrepancy or ‘error’ between outcome and prediction. Outcomes that affect learning in this way are termed ‘reinforcers’. Le...

Felix Lam

M’mboyi, Felix

Michael Felix Freshwater

Felix, as he was known to his friends and colleagues, was born in New York City on February 4, 1948. He graduated from Stuyvesant High and Brooklyn College. Here, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received his Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude and the Jonas Scholarship with which he attended Yale School of Medicine. After leaving Yale, he spent almost three years as a fellow in the ...