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When performance feedback is expected, positive feedback triggers an increase in striatal activity, whereas negative feedback elicits a decrease in striatal activity. We predicted that, in contrast, when feedback receipt is unpredictable, the striatal response to negative feedback would increase. Participants performed a paired-associate learning task during fMRI scanning. In one condition (\u201cblocked feedback\u201d), the receipt of feedback was predictable\u2014participants knew whether or not they would receive feedback for their responses. In another condition (\u201cmixed feedback\u201d), the receipt of feedback was unpredictable\u2014on a random 50% of trials, participants received feedback, and they otherwise received no feedback. Negative feedback in the mixed feedback condition elicited more striatal activity than negative feedback in the blocked feedback condition. 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