Read Montague
Professor and director of the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at Virginia Tech, specializing in how dopamine and serotonin shape learning, motivation, and decision-making and pioneer in measuring neuromodulators in humans.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 2h 41min
How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague
Dr. Read Montague, professor and director at Virginia Tech studying how dopamine and serotonin shape learning and decision-making. He explains dopamine as a learning signal tied to shifting expectations. They explore foraging and dating analogies, tonic versus phasic dopamine, serotonin opponency and SSRIs, trauma and addiction effects, and how AI tools help decode neuromodulator data.
