Specific and general predictive value codes in the human orbitofrontal cortex Thorsten Kahnt University of Zurich, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research Adaptive behavior requires reliable representations of the expected outcome of alternative behavioral options. Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) have been shown to support adaptive behavior by encoding the value associated with reward predictive cues. We have previously used pattern-based analyses to a) identify multivoxel patterns in the OFC coding reward value, b) show how they emerge during learning, and to c) dissociate multivoxel value representations form those of salience. However, it is unclear whether predictive outcome representations in the OFC are in the form of a general value currency, or whether they are specific for the sensory identity of the predicted outcome. Here we addressed this question in humans using fMRI and a classical conditioning task in which abstract visual cues (conditioned stimuli; CS) predicted different but similarly pleasant food odors in different intensities. Using pattern-based analyses, we provide evidence for identity-specific as well as general value codes in the OFC. By demonstrating concurrent identity-specific and general signaling of expected outcome value, these findings have important implications for our understanding of the brain circuits underlying adaptive behavior.